At 1/18/2001 17:51, you wrote:
>I have just installed Mandrake on a P60 with 2 3Com 3c509b Ethernet cards.
>
>The system doesn't recognise the cards, what command can I use to add the
>correct device drivers ??
>
>Rob
Hi Rob!
The 3c509B card can run in three modes EISA, PNP, and ISA. Mandrake can
only use this card in ISA mode. Here is what you need to do to get the
card working. Go to ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub/NIC/3c509/ and down
load 3c509x2.exe to a DOS/WIN system in to an empty folder of you choice.
This is a self extracting archive file. In a DOS window or at the DOS
prompt execute the file and it will expand into a bunch of files. Most of
which you do not need. Now create a DOS boot floppy and copy 3c5x9cfg.exe
to the floppy.
Boot the Linux box with the floppy and run 3c5x9cfg.exe. Turn off the PNP
mode and set the card to an available IRQ and I/O address. Good choices
are 10, 11 for IRQ and 300, 30F for I/O. Shut down the system and remove
the floppy.
Now boot Linux and it should see the card and load the correct
drivers. Write to the list again if Linux does not detect the card and
someone will tell you how to load the drivers that are on the distribution.
Jerry
