At 02:51 12.03.2001 -0500, you wrote:
>I have a model 3c509b ethernet card. I use a utility from 3com to disable
>PnP. I get the following error message when using modprobe 3c509 at
>command prompt:
>
>/lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/net/3c509.o: invalid parameter parm_io
>/lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/net/3c509.o:
>insmod/lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/net/3c509.o failed
>/lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/net/3c509.o: insmod 3c509 failed
>
>can anyone advise on how to fix this problem and get my card working ?
>
>THanks, Jeff
hi jeff,
this is what worked for me :
1) enable pnp on your 3com card
2) set irq and io with the 3com utility according to the free resources on
your machine
3) set "pnp os=no" in your computers bios
4) on next bootup your bios will init the 3com card and linux will
recognize it with the parameters u have set before in your 3com config
utility, upon loading the 3c509 module.
try this (it HAS to work) and come back if any problems occur...:)
regards,
quay
