On Wed, 25 Sep 2002 00:06:56 -0600
FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> OK Wonderful I'm in the middle of installing SNF.  Yay me.
> 
> Everything is going great, got 2 NICs in there.  Fine.  First NIC a D-Link 
> is auto configured... Next one a 3com905b Cyclone, Supported I might add, 
> Will NOT auto configure.  Fine.

'lspci -v' in ML9.0rc1 says I have a:

Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] (rev 30).
Seems the same one :)

> So the option says, want to configure manually...well OK I think i can do 
> that ... WRONG!

I switched my HDD to a spare 1 GB one and started to install SNF. I have 
only that one NIC and it was recognised and assigned an IP address.

'configure manually' only gave me options to change IP address etc. .

Switching to VC2 (ctrl-alt-F2) gave me a # prompt and 'lspci -v' listed 
my NIC. 'dmesg' also mentioned recognizing the card. 'lsmod' listed the
3c59x module for the card.

> I get hit with this:
> 
> SwitchDelay (?) [0x1,0x1,0x1,0x1,0x1,0x1] .... space for your fooked answer 
> which doesn't make any sense to a Human being on this planet.
> Flow Control (?) [0x1,0x1,0x1,0x1,0x1,0x1] .... see above
> downport (?) [0x1,0x10x10x1,0x1,0x1] ..... BLAH! damnit
> full-duplex (?) [-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,] ......... yer kidding yes?  I know 
> what it means...but -1!?
> debug (i) [0x800000000] .... Help?
> media_select (?) [0,] .... OMG WTF IS THIS!?  ARHG!
> 
> OK thats it... NOW WHAT!?

I think the above is about module options. I don't think the 3c59x module 
_needs_ options. I think something went wrong earlier during install with
recognising your NIC. Maybe moving the NIC to another slot or trying another
NIC? Or see what happens if you remove the D-Link NIC? Does the NIC work 
under LM8.2? In the BIOS is 'PnP OS installed' set to 'no'?

> I'm so stumped... ramming my head into a brick wall sounds more pleasant 
> than configuring this by hand....
> 
> can i not just do the configuration by hand or by auto probe (which fails 
> during the install) after its all installed!?
> 
> Ty
> 
> 
> ---
> Femme

Hey, good luck! (and thanks for your link about Creative's anti-piracy
'features': a soundcard which helps determine what you can listen to .....)

    -Frans

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