"Ji-Haw, Foo" wrote: > > Try a modprobe before you add it into the lilo. If your NIC a PnP? Is it > possible that the card has shifted its params to another set of IO IRQ when > it became a 2nd NIC? > > regards, > > Foo Ji-Haw ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > T-Nova > raum 6067 > extension 3466 > Both of the cards are intel etherexpress. I used softset booted by ms-dos to configure different addresses and irq's. I think eth0 is 0x300 irq5 and eth1 is 0x280 ( or maybe 270 ) irq 10. I forget the second exactly, the stuff is at work. Alan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 2:01 AM > Subject: Re: [expert] Boot hang with 2 eth cards > > > > > > > alan/paul, > > if u plan to use the multiple nics do this: > > > > edit ur conf.modules > > add alias eth0 <nic module> > > add alias eth1 <nic modules> > > add options <nic module> irq=x,y io=a,b --> this line is for if u > have to > > similar cards and uneed to separate out the irq/io. > > > > in factt u can pass these arguments to lilo > > > > lilo: linux ether=<irq #>, <io #>, eth0 ether=<irq #>, <io #>, eth1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > alann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 09/11/99 12:00:21 PM > > > > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > cc: (bcc: Hamka B Hj Suleiman/SKO/PCSB/Petronas) > > Subject: Re: [expert] Boot hang with 2 eth cards > > > > > > > > > > paul johnson wrote: > > > > > > I was successfully running Mandrake 6.0 with no problems until I tried > > > to use linuxconf to add a second ethernet card, eth1, an Intel Pro/100. > > > When I tried to activate the changes the machine hung. I powered off > > > and now the boot process never gets beyond activating eth1. It hangs > > > there eternally (I let it stay there for about 12 hours once, just to > > > satisfy my curiousity). > > > > > > Is there any way at the LILO prompt that I can get it to skip the eth1 > > > initialization? > > > > > > I'd rather not reinstall since I have put some time into the > > > customization of the machine. > > > > > > Thanks in advance for the help! > > > > > > HEY! I'M IN THE SAME STATE!! > > > > I'm working on a project at work with 2 intel eexpress cards. > > Same thing. Once I got eth1 to be recognized upon boot it freezes! > > > > I still have not resolved this but I can tell you how to regain your > > bootable system. > > You need to boot into linux single. > > > > When you see " lilo: " type linux 1 > > > > Then it will come up in a shell with very little loaded. > > At the prompt type linuxconf. > > > > This will give you a text based linuxconf. > > Follow the signs to networking and your eth1 card will come up. > > It's a long scrolling page since its ascii.. You will come across > > something > > in eth1 like enable [X] > > > > Remove the X. > > Save > > REBOOT.. > > You will be OK now, but eth1 won't function. > > > > If YOU figure this out, PLEASE email me..! > > > > Thanks > > Alan > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > > =============================================== > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) > > Coming to you with Linux-Mandrake 6.0 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- =============================================== [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) Coming to you with Linux-Mandrake 6.0
