Tim Sailer wrote: > > In your email to me, Bill Vinson, you wrote: > > > > I just decided to reinstall so I would have the chance to install modules > > to work with the SN2000CT ethernet card. It says it is 100% NE2000 > > Ethernet compatible and when I opted to install the NE2000 module I got the > > following error: > > > > nc.c: module autoprobing not allowed. Append "io=0xNNN" value(s). > > Initialization of ne failed > > > > Installation failed. > > > > What does this mean? I'm pretty sure the card is set in the 16-bit slot > > firmly. Did I get a useless ethernet card? Is there a good way to test if > > it is in fact available? > > I think 0x320 it the 'standard' spot the ne2k cards live. At the prompt > for additional command line options (or what ever it is), add > "io=0x320" and see if that works > > Tim >
I have an NE2000 card that is working under linux. My understanding is that you *have* to set an i/o base and irq for the card, there is no default, and autoprobing is not allowed. What I did (originally under slackware -- yuck!) was edit the /etc/rc.d/rc.modules and put in the following: ne.o io=0x340 irq=15 substitute your own values there. Under debian, there is an additional piece of info you will need. That is where the file that loads the modules is. I would start in /etc/init.d if I had to guess. Also, at install time (this was how I did it under debian) when it gives you the option to choose modules it prompts for an i/o base and irq if you choose the NE2000. Good Luck, -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ #include <stddisclaimer.h> #include <MyBiasedOpinions.h> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux - Why use windows when there is a door? Uptime(LinuxSystemDoingTaskA) >= Uptime(WindowsSystemNotDoingADamnThing) (c) 1996 Christian Watts Redistribution via the Microsoft Network Prohibited. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
