On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 10:58:56AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 06:03:25PM +0200, Bj?rn Fischer wrote: | > Hello, | > it is me again, trying to start the "ne" module. Now the module is actually | > trying to start, but alway quits with the message "Resource or device busy". | > I started the ne module with the following parameters: | > | > modprobe ne io=0x260 irq=9 | > | > The io and irq are the ones windos promted when having a look at the | > resources of the card. | > I have had a look into either /proc/ioports and /proc/interrupts, and 0x260 | > and 9 was not occupied by a different device. | > | > Does someone of you know what to do? | > | > Very thankful for an answer | | Is it a PnP or a soft-config card?
If it is PnP, then you will want to turn it off. I have a couple of NetGear EA-201 (ISA PnP NE2k clones) that I first used the DOS utility they came with to disable PnP. Then I could insmod the ne module and specify the base io and it works quite well. HTH, -D