[tlinux-users:08193] Re: Intel PRO/100 VE bad EEPROM checksum?

Christopher R. Maden wrote:
> Well, I hacked the driver to use the specific MAC address reported by
> Windows, and now the DHCP client reports that the network is down (in the
> send and receive functions).  So I think that didn't work either; it's
> just not communicating with the card at all without the information it
> needs from the EEPROM.
>
> Has anyone had any experience getting Toshiba to replace things that work
> fine with Windows but won't work with Linux?  Because that's where I am
> now... I bought a Toshiba because it looked like they had a pretty good
> Linux track record, and if I'm stuck in Gatesland, I am not going to be
> very happy.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Chris
>   
Hi Chris,
I have been using Xandros and Ubuntu on my Toshiba exclusively for over 
three months now, and all but the winmodem works fine. Does your 
distribution detect the network card at all?

Tracy