On 2005-09-07T11:29:43+0100, Robert Watson wrote: > > On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Roger Grosswiler wrote: > >> still struggling with installation of 6.0 Beta 3 on my dell cpi -r >> 400 gt. As installations via cd always brake in panic, i tried to >> install with ftp and nfs from a local server. >> This would work fine, but transfer-ratios of 0.6 kb/sec are far a >> little bit to slow.... >> I tried a download from another pc, my transfer-rate has been more >> than 1000 kb/sec :-) >> is it possible, that pcmcia-cards (3com) are not supported well? >> unfortunately, i have no other to check :-( > > It's possible, but I think that the packets move at all suggests that > they work reasonable well. Most likely, you're experiencing an > interrupt problem, so packets come in, but the OS isn't being properly > notified of the event, and only checks as a result of an unrelated > event, so they trickle in. I.e., it could be a pccard bus > configuration problem. You may want to send the output of "dmesg -v", > which can be extracted most easily using a serial console if the > installation isn't able to complete. also, ensure that you don't have a duplex mismatch... that is a real killer. -- Mike Oliver [see complete headers for contact information]
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