[ale] Time to go ISA NIC Hunting (we have PCI!)

[BruceG]

On Saturday 04 October 2003 09:55, Geoffrey wrote:
> griffisb at bellsouth.net wrote:
> > That would be cool if you don't mind. Might be time for me to visit
> > one of the ALE meetings. Do you go to the NW meetings?
>
> Yes, the NW meetings are the only ones I attend of late.  I'll be at the
> next one, Oct. 16th, let me know if you'll be there and I'll bring the
> cards.

Well, no ISA nic hunting required. I pulled the box apart, and had 2 available 
PCI slots. Had the parallel port connector and the serial port connector 
(using ribbon cables) hogging up the spaces. Moved the parport and serial 
port and installed a Netgear FA311 PCI Ethernet card.

Edited my /etc/modules file. Changed the line stating "na" to "natsemi". 
Rebooted, and up and running. SSH works (I can get to it!!!). I can see it 
via Samba. Added users to it using "adduser", then added them to Samba using 
"smbpasswd -a username". 

Now to get the printer working. Haven't decided to use the standard LPR from 
Debian Woody, or CUPS. Time to play!