I installed a server FC3 install, configured up qmail and all was working fine. I put a new network card in and its stopped the machine booting! I get up to Enabling Swap Space [OK] on startup and it just hangs. I know the network card works as I've tested it in our fBSD server. Any ideas?
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Update. Just tried another network card exactly the same as the one thats in it. It gets up to Checking for New Hardware then hangs. Not as above enabling swap space. If i take out the network card I have no problem and it boots fine! I think the cards are some sort of RTL8139 chipset and I've had two working in other boxes fine. thanks
Sounds like you MIGHT have a bad PCI slot?
Can you move the "good" NIC into this offending slot and put the "questionable" NIC into the previously good slot?
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Can you move the "good" NIC into this offending slot and put the "questionable" NIC into the previously good slot?
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