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>1. Introduction</A
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> Welcome to the Linux Token Ring mini-howto. We hope you find the information
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contained within helpful.
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> If you have any problems with the drivers that are not talked about in
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this howto, feel free to email me at <TT
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>mikep@linuxtrnet</A
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> You may also wish to join the Linux on Token Ring Listserv
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by mailing <TT
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The latest and greatest information, drivers, patches, bug fixes, etc, etc
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can always be found at the <A
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>Linux Token Project</A
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> site.
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>1.1. Special Thanks</A
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> Thanks to Mark Swanson, Peter De Schrijver, David Morris, Paul Norton
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and everyone else who has contributed to the Token Ring code
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and drivers over the years.
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> Thanks also to the many people and companies who have provided
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hardware and technical documents to enable the drivers to be
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written in the first place.
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> Special Thanks to Mike Eckhoff the originator of this HOWTO, and Tom Gall
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for the previous version, and to Matthew Marsh for hosting
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the website and mailing list!
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> And, finally, thanks to all to subscribers to the linux-tr mailing list who
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have provided support, feedback, testing and thanks over the years. It
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wouldn't have been worth it without your continued support and gratitude.
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>1.2. Copyright Information</A
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> This documument is copyright (c) 1995-1998 by Michael Eckhoff,
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copyright(c) 2000 by Tom Gall and copyright (c) 2001 by Mike
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Phillips.
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> Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
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document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
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Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software
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Foundation, with no Invariant sections, with no Front-Cover Texts,
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and with no Back-Cover Texts.
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> A copy of the license is included in
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>Appendix A</A
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> If you have any question, please contact
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<TT
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>1.3. Disclaimer</A
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> No liability for the contents of this document can be accepted.
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Use the concepts, examples and other content at your own risk.
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As this is a new edition of this document, there may be errors
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and inaccuracies, that may of course be damaging to your system.
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Proceed with caution, and although this is highly unlikely,
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the authors do not take any responsibility for that.
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> All copyrights are held by their respective owners, unless
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specifically noted otherwise. Use of a term in this document
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should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark
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or service mark.
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> Naming of particular products or brands should not be seen as
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> You are strongly recommended to take a backup of your system
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before major installation and backups at regular intervals.
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> The latest version of this document can always be found at
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>Linux Token Ring Project</A
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under the Documentation section.
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> The latest version of this HOWTO will always be made available on
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the Linux Token Ring Project website, in a variety of formats:
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> In this version I have the pleasure of acknowleding:
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> <EM
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>IBM</EM
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> for providing hardware,
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technical documentation and technical support when the tech docs
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didn't quite seem enough.
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</P
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> <EM
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>Madge</EM
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> for providing their hardware to test with.
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> <EM
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>3Com</EM
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> for proving the technical documents to
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allow the 3c359 driver to be developed.
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> Feedback is most certainly welcome for this document. Without your
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submissions and input, this document wouldn't exist. Please send
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your additions, comments and criticisms to the following email
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address: <TT
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