On 1/26/01 12:27 AM, "Gerald A. Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> John,
>
> 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
>
> At 1/25/2001 19:44, you wrote:
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I have a Pentium 133Mhz running MDK7.2. I also have a 3c509 NIC that I'm
>> trying to get working. When I try to load the driver, I get an error
>> message that says it won't load and that it's possibly due to incorrect IO
>> or IRQ parameters. I'm really not that familiar with this, but I tried
>> changing the options in /etc/modules.conf as well as some basic things
>> suggested in the ethernet-HOWTO. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John
>
>
>
>
Just wanted to thank everyone for all the help. I got my NIC working--I'll
spare you all the gory details and just tell you that it was just a matter
of moving the card to a new slot. Anyway, thanks again for all the help.
John
