root wrote:
>
> Please help...I'm about ready to quit Linux and go back to Windows forever.
> I cannot get either of my PCI network adapters to initialize.
>
> Lothar recognizes both of my adapters and lists them in the following
> order:
>
> 3Com Fastnet 3C905B
> Netgear FA310TX as DEC (Tulip)
>
> I assume the 3Com is eth0 and Netgear is eth1. The 3Com is connected to
> my DSL modem and Netgear to my LAN. I put in all of the IP addresses,
> submasks, DNS addresses, and gateways exactly as I have them under
> Windows. I use the 3c509 module for the 3com adapter and tulip for the
> netgear. I even used the interupts reported under windows...5 for 3com
> and 11 for netgear.
>
> No matter what I do, both network adapters fail to inialize when
> rebooted by LILO.
>
> I've spent many hours trying to figure this out but to no avail. Any
> help woiuld be greatly appreciated!!!
>
> Thank you,
> Dennis
>
> Dennis M. Frisman, M.D.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.immunoquery.com
Log in as root to a console or xterm. Look at the stuff on your system
with:
cat /proc/interrupts
cat /proc/ioports
Check out the dirs under /proc and cat them to see what it reports. It
might be that under linux the cards have different irq or io.
