Hi John, * Sat, 29 Dec 2001 12:27:25 +0100 "john" wrote:

eth0: PCnet/PCI 79C970 at 0x7000, 00 80 5f 5a 1d 17 assigned IRQ 3. pcnet32.c:v1.25kf 26.9.1999 tsbogend@alpha.franken.de eth1: 3c509 at 0x300 tag 1, 10baseT port, address 00 60 97 e4 95 53, IRQ 10. <<<!!!! 3c509.c:1.16 (2.2) 2/3/98 becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov. <<<<!!!! [...] eth1: Setting Rx mode to 1 addresses. <<<!!!

So, eth1 is a 3C509 and here it says IRQ10, but IRQ 10 is taken up by the SCSI controller. I assign IRQ9 to eth1 later on (should be done via initrd, I believe) :

modules.conf:options 3c509 irq=9

But I also have : conf.modules:options 3c509 irq=9

which one is the right one (conf.modules/modules.conf???)

I don't know which kernel you are using, but in the newer version of SuSE conf.modules is only a symlink to modules.conf, which is the right file for you! As far as I know it, 3Com cards have a problem with IRQs other than 10, so try to reconfigure your SCSI card (jumper etc.) initrd doesn't help you is this case because the 3c509 module is loaded after the SCSI card Bios... HTH -Johannes