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<br>---------------------------------<br><br>can someone help me understand how PCI ID? i did lspci -n on my current computer and it gave me a list (maybe 10-15 list items). </div></div></div></blockquote><div><br><br>Ok first, use: "lspci" alone example :<br>
<br>famille@Family:~$ lspci<br>00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)<br>00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL PCI Express Root Port (rev 02)<br>..............<br>
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01)<br>01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600] (rev a2)<br>05:00.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] (rev 30)<br>
05:01.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] (rev 02)<br><br>look the number 05:00.0 it's my NIC<br><br>and use lspci -n example:<br><br>famille@Family:~$ lspci -n<br>00:00.0 0600: 8086:2770 (rev 02)<br>
00:01.0 0604: 8086:2771 (rev 02)<br>..................<br>00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:27da (rev 01)<br>01:00.0 0300: 10de:0141 (rev a2)<br>05:00.0 0200: 10b7:9055 (rev 30) <=== my NIC with PCI ID<br>05:01.0 0401: 1274:1371 (rev 02)<br>
<br>on the rom-o-matic I choose "3c90x:3c905b-tpo100 -- [0x10b7,0x9055]"<br><br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> how do i use that list to choose the right figure out the entry I should choose in the NIC/Rom type select box when i have a chance to visit the school and run the same command on their client computers?</div>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br><br>if their computers are on MS Win98, use light LiveCD as SystemRescue no graphic session<br></div><br>I hope this help you<br></div>Bye<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Emmanuel Le Normand<br>
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