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


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