On Wednesday 04 August 2004 18:49, Andrew wrote: > pa3gcu wrote: > > Firstly, you said "486" > > Sorry. I was suffering from heatstroke. It's a very ancient pentium 60Mhz. > > > Now secondly, why i ask are you using the 8139cp driver when your type of > > card needs the 8139too driver.????? > > Good question. I'm not. I have only used the 8139too driver and can't > figure out why there is any reference at all to the 8139cp (I didn't > even know it existed and didn't notice it until after my first post). > > > I would place into /etc/rc.d/rc.netdevice the following; > > > > /sbin/modprobe 8139too > > So far I have loaded it manually, from /etc.rc.d/rc.modules and with > 'netconfig', which detects the nic if I remove the other one (see below).
Another indication that your BIOS is setup for PnP and NOT PCI or shared. > > Another thing here is that you state "eth1" is the interface concerned, > > that means its the second ethernet device in your system, do you have a > > working eth0 device and if so what is it and is it working.??? > > Yes, 3c509 isapnp and yes. Ok i presume you know which IRQ this nic uses, so simply set that IRQ to PnP or ISA in your BIOS, leave the rest to PCI (presuming you only have one ISA card in the machine). > I shall have another go at the BIOS (It is the strangest I have ever > seen) and maybe come back to you. Yes, they are somewhat differnet to todays BIOS's. > > Thanks, anyway, > > Andrew > -- If the Linux community is a bunch of thieves because they try to imitate windows programs, then the Windows community is built on organized crime. Regards Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
