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[stuarthall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Stuart Hall)]

On Thu, 02 Sep 1999 16:55:33 PDT, you so eloquently wrote:

>On Thu, 02 Sep 1999 12:32:29 GMT, Stuart Hall wrote:
>
>> Yes, I just got a utility from 3com that enabled me to identify the card.
>It is a 3com 3c503/16 card.  The software I used did not tell me what IRQs I
>could use, but did give me "I/O Base 300" whatever that means.
>
>  That's useful.  When you set the module options it'll be 0x300...if we
>ever get an IRQ secured for it...

Last night I tried making a disk bzImage for a kernel I compiled just
for the 486.  I actually got it to boot most of the way (since I have
an existing debian install on one partition of that machine) - and the
3c503 module seemed to work because the kernel messages identified the
card and gave no errors (usually I'd get an Eth0 message).

So now I know the 3c503 should work perfectly.  I did get a kernel
panic at which point the boot stopped, but probably because it bumped
up against errors between my debian install and the kernel.

>
>> The module for my card was not listed on the list of modules available on
>the bootdisk.  When I tried to load additional modules from the disk it said
>something like 'disk image not correct'.
>
>  Did you have the modules disk inserted, or did you just leave the boot
>disk in?

I inserted the modules disk then pressed "Load additional modules"
which is when it gave me the error.  Actually I think the error is
more likely "directory is not correct".

So I am at least hopeful that the modules that I have will work - I
just need to figure out how to get the bootdisk to get the module to
load.  I even tried making a copy of the bootdisk and removing the
existing kernel (linux) and inserting my own.  Unfortunately the linux
bootdisk is not in DOS format and I got confused which format I should
use for the mount command (minix, dos, ext2fs).  This was at 11 last
night, so I gave up for the night and figured I would try again - plus
any suggestions you or the list might have.

Thanks,
Stuart 

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Stuart Hall
Connecticut, USA
stuarthall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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