nate wrote: > Beartooth wrote: >> I have an ASUS EeePC 701 (with 2GB of RAM and an 8 GB card), on >> which I've installed CentOS on the hard-drive-plus-card. But it can't >> even use my eth0. >> >> Some one on a local LUG, where I had mentioned that other OSs did fine >> with all the same exact hardware, suggested that CentOS, being designed >> for stability rather than the bleeding edge, likely lacks drivers; so I >> need to get some. >> >> Anybody know what drivers (for wireless as well as ethernet cable) I >> need, and how/where to get ones to fit CentOS?? > > Why do you want CentOS on an EeePC ? It's not really intended for > that purpose, if your having to ask where to get the drivers for it > your probably not suited for running CentOS on the EeePC. Your better > off with Fedora, or Ubuntu or something that has broader hardware > support. I don't have an EeePC but I like to run the same distro on everything. So since my remote server, lan server, desktop, and laptop run CentOS - that's what I would want on an EeePC as well. With respect to the nic, my suspicion is that you may just need either the Fedora kernel or a patch from the Fedora kernel. With CentOS 5.0 - the onboard gigabit nic on my Asus board worked OOB in Fedora 8 or 9 (forget which) but did not work in CentOS - though CentOS did see it and tried to use forcedepth (I think that was it), which worked in Fedora but not well CentOS. So I just use a PCI card (though I suspect onboard would work now, why change it?) Can't do that with an EeePC - but you probably could rebuild the Fedora kernel for the EeePC. I wonder if a working driver for the EeePC nic is something that could be patched into the CentOS plus kernel ??