Re: update (was 2009spring and kaddressbook)

mschild wrote:
> Hello,
> My ethernet card blew so I had to take the machine back to the shop. Since 
> they have a fast connection I asked them to run all the updates for me. Now I 
> have Kaddressbook and all seems so far to run well. At the shop they offered to 
> download Kubuntu 9.04 for me for the price of the disk because the card they 
> replaced ( now a Netgear) will not run under Mandi 2009spring! They would have 
> had to recompile the kernel, etc. At the moment I use 2009spring with the card 
> on my motherboard ( long story to explain why I have 2).
> Since my drive is large, I am thinking of installing Kubuntu on the same disk 
> and shall keep 2008 on my 2nd drive. Any contraindication before I start?
> TIA
> maryse


Hi Maryse,

I don't think it is correct what they said about recompiling the kernel
to get a netgear card to work.  I thinks all you have to do is run the
drak network wizard or mandriva-drakconf and configure in the new card
under the nework add a new card section.

Phil
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