I may have left the 3c509 driver in a module. Try "modprobe 3c509" as root and see if it finds it. Ignore the message about run-time probing not being reliable. It is definitely linked into the kernel on the next disk set. I have this card on my own system. Bruce -- Pixar Animation Studios: Reality is not our business. Pixar's "Toy Story" $184.5M domestic, $66M overseas and counting.