On Fri, 10 Apr 1998 10:28:21 -0400, zentara wrote:

I can offer a few hints for the pci ethernet card. First, see if you can get it to work as a module with the standard kernel. You must have kerneld running, and edit your /etc/conf.modules to say the following

alias eth0 ne

and

options ne io=0x6000 irq=10

put the correct io and irq for your card.

If it is PCI and you have a PCI Bios and motherboard, it should be detected at boot up. You should be able to enter <shift> <pgup> and read what adreess and irq was assigned.

BTW, When I watch the messages being displayed on boot up, it does specify the correct settings according to what I saw on the dos diag program. I'll have to remember that trick about shift pgup during boot up:-)

You probably don't have the io and irq right.

Actually, I didn't even specify a irq, but when it does come up, it does say that it is using irq11 and the address is 6000. Just when Linux Boots in, it fails to initialize that particular irq.

Also if you recompile your kernel with ethernet built in, you must select 2 options in networking. Those are : --- other isa cards --- ne2000 support

That is the way I did it, but I'll try to do it as a module and see what happens:-)

It's just the way they patched it up to have ne2000 with other isa cards.

Good luck,

zentara

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