On Wed, 05 Nov 1997 14:09:00 +0700 Francesco Potorti` ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> The subject says it all: I am installing a Debian 1.3.1 system on a > brand new PC with a 3c900 Combo board. Since I have a Buslogic > Flashpoint SCSI card, I used the disks under the special/ directory, > which use 2.1.30. Loading the 3c59x module seems to work, because the > module correctly recognises the board. It then prints the following > messages: > > 3c59x.c:v0.30-all 12/23/96 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 3Com EtherLink III: Overriding PCI latency timer (CFLT) setting of 32, new > value is 255. > loading device 'eth0'... > eth0: 3Com 3c900 Boomerang 10Mbps/Combo at 0xd400, 00:60:08:12:4d:ef, IRQ 12 > Internal config register is 10302d8, transceivers 0xe138. > 8K word-wide RAM 3:5 Rx:Tx split, autoselect/10baseT interface. > > Which is okay (I think), apart from the fact that the used interface > is really the AUI. Then I run /etc/init.d/network, obtaining these > messages: > > eth0: initial media type 10baseT. Have you tried running the 3Com setup program (under DOS) and set the card not to use Plug-And-Play mode ? And also maybe select the media type manually ? Phil. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .