[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The 3c509 does have a batch file pnpdsbl.bat or something similar on the
> 3com etherdisk to disable P7P.
I will try that...
>
>
> Also, I have major problems getting more than 1 netcard working. In the end
> I found a simple procedure to follow which hasn't failled yet. Install both
> cards as modules, modify modules.conf if needed to specifiy Irq's e.t.c.,
> use Yast to intigrate new netcard into lilo e.t.c. That's it....
I 've got already a modular kernel with the card working fine.What I am trying
to do is to use a built in kernel and the only think that fails is the card.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Tony Melia MCP
> Server Support Group
>
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> * [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <<...>>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 1999 5:47 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [SuSE Linux] second eth card...
>
> On 06-Jan-99 Luca Colombi wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > After recompiling the kernel to use only built in devices and not
> > modules, I 've lost my second network card.
> >
> > Through the documentation I read that I can append the following
> > line
> > 'ether=0,0,eth1 or ether=11,0x300, eth1' and that my card should
> be
> > probed at boot time, this doesn't append.
> >
> > When I start my machine I use
> >
> ># LILO boot: new_linux ether = 11, 0x300, eth1
> > or
> ># LILO boot: new_linux ether = 0, 0, eth1
> > or
> ># LILO boot: new_linux
> >
> > and get always the same error:
> >
> > 'Delaying eth1 initialisation'
> >
> > This seams to indicate that the line is not appended to the boot
> > process.
> >
> > I've then tried to edit my 'lilo.conf' as follow:
> >
> > append = "ether=11,0x300,eth1" (or ether=0,0,eth1)
> > boot=/dev/sda
> > map=/boot/map
> > install=/boot/boot.b
> > prompt
> > linear
> > timeout=100
> > image=/boot/vmlinuz
> > label=new_linux
> > root=/dev/sda1
> > read-only
> > image = my old configuartion with
> > modules which is working fine.
> >
> > I then run lilo at command line and restart.
> >
> > The error is now:
> > SIOCSIFFLAGS=Operation not supported by device.
> >
> >
> > Any idea how to solve or identify the problem ?
> >
> > By the way I use an ISA 3Com EhterLink III 10BaseT (RJ-45)
> > 3C509B-TPO.
> > In the non modular kernel I've PCI & ISA support with the 3c509
> > drive
> > selected.
> >
> > My first card is a SMC EtherPower II 10/100 which is working fine.
> >
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --
> > Luca Colombi
> > System Administrator
> > The Hub Communications Co. Ltd.
> > The Farmhouse
> > Syon Park
> > Middlesex
> > TW8 8JF
> >
> > Tel: +44(0)181 560 9222 Fax: +44(0)181 560 9333
> > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.thehub.co.uk
> >
>
> Luca,
>
> If I remember correctly, doesn't the 3c509 come in "pnp" mode?
> If so, have you used the disk that comes with it (in DOS) to change
> from pnp to ISA mode?
>
> The "ether=0,0,eth1" append line is the same that I use, and it
> does work correctly.
>
> It wouldn't hurt to check /etc/rc.config and check that you have not
> made any typos in your eth setup.
>
> ----------------------------------
> Danny Kephart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 06-Jan-99 11:18:35
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Luca Colombi
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The Hub Communications Co. Ltd.
The Farmhouse
Syon Park
Middlesex
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