Well, it didn't work. I fmirror'd when I got home last night, and saw a new
network.img come down, so I tried that with 8139too.o. No go. I then tried
compiling rtl8139.o on my existing 7.2 system and adding it through expert
mode, and that failed too. So that leaves me with: a) It needs some
parameters to the module that I don't now, or b) it's an IRQ conflict - how
do I deal with that? Parameters that I don't know, probably, or c) it's a
hardware problem, and I've got bigger fish to fry, as it were. I think
tonight I'll install Win(bloze)98 and see if its fab-o nifty plug and pray
can find the card (how's that for asking to be flamed). If it can't either,
then I know I've got a hardware problem. If it can, then it's (a) or (b).
But it's looking less and less like a software issue, and more like a quirk
of my system.
Eaon
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 5:33 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: Eaon
> Subject: Re: [Cooker] rtl8139 on the network boot disk
>
>
> "Eaon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Well, actually, I did try that one, mainly because it looked so
> promising
> > (the magic number "8139" and all). It didn't work. So then I got
> > frustrated and went down the entire list and tried each and every module
> > listed, all to no good effect. :-) Is it picky about the I/O
> address or
> > anything (I'm pretty sure the BIOS is set to "Plug and play OS
> = NO" - would
> > that matter?). I dunno, I'm just guessing there. Maybe I've
> actually found
> > a bug. Wouldn't that be exciting for me.
>
> If it's a PCI card, apart from a IRQ/DMA conflict everything should run
> fine..
>
>
> > Anyway, the thread titled "install hd.img for BusLogic" has a
> reference to
> > using expert mode to choose extra modules (quoting Guillaume Cottenceau:
> > "Copy it on an ext2-filesystem'ed floppy, type "expert" at boot
> time and put
> > this floppy as an additional modules floppy."). Silly me, not
> being so full
> > of myself as to consider myself an expert (I always choose expert or
> > "custom" when install M$ stuff, why not Linux stuff). :-)
> I'll see what I
> > can make of that tonight (build rtl8139.o on my 7.2 box and
> insert it using
> > expert mode).
>
> Be careful, this is done at very early stage, so you have to manually
> provide all potential modules requirements to each modules (f.ex.
> advansys.o requires scsi_mod.o).
>
> Also, in expert mode, no PCI autoprobing is done.
>
>
>
> --
> Guillaume Cottenceau - http://us.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
