Well it still didn't work. I am at a complete loss. I even tried another
3c509 card I had just in case this one was bad. No diffrence. It just does
not see the card. Anyone have any more ideas?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Quaylar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 3:14 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] 3com card problem
> 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
>
>
>
