Bernie wrote: > > 1. Create bare.i bootdisk (net.i doesn't find NIC) This is a bad sign. If the net.i kernel doesn't see your card, then there may be a hardware problem. Perhaps an IRQ or address conflict? Does your network card have jumpers? Or perhaps it has a DOS installation routine? > 1. My card is believed to be an "acenic" card - using this > later fails since eth0 isn't there. I assume you tried ifconfig? > (Red Hat didn't know this - it installed it and upon booting > crashed the system forcing me to remove the card (same one I'm > using now) Sure sounds that a hardware problem to me. BTW it is not unusual for an ne2000 card to lock up a system on the second boot (after a soft reset). Apparently the soft reset isn't enough to clear the ne card and it trips up the subsequent Linux boot. A hard reset (after Linux's soft reset) avoids this problem. > modprobe ne io=0x360 Are you sure your network card is ne2000? Are you sure your network card is set to 0x360? > /lib/modules/2.2.13/net/ne.o: init_module: Device or resource busy Could be an address conflict. 0x320 and 0x300 are more commonly used for network cards. > BTW: This computer doesn't have any "Plug�n�Pray" BIOS functions - > that they were one there was the reason my NE2000 PCI card didn't > work well in my main machine at first (except in DOS). I've found that the latest distributions of Linux don't install as easily on old hardware. If you have 486-era hardware, you may have fewer problems installing an older distribution, like Slackware 3.x. Don't give up. There are still plenty of things to try. For example, does that computer/networkcard work in DOS (this can be done from a DOS boot floppy, so there is no need to touch your Linux installation). If you can get a DOS packetdriver working, then the same parameters should work in Linux. Cheers, Steven To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
