"tim.parkinson" writes:
> The problem I'm getting is that although the netcard, an ISA 3Com 3c509 (TPO
> version), appears to be found at boot time (on IRQ 10 base 300 -verified
> with the 3Com diags disk).
> 
> After setting the network parameters for an FTP install, the install routine
> complains that it couldn't ping either the gateway or the DNS server
> addresses.  I've verified both are alive, then tried pinging the address of
> the machine I'm installing with no luck.

did you set the media options on the card properly? I bet that's the
issue.

.pm