> OK, have you set the IRQ you set on the card, as legacy ISA in your BIOS, as
> opposed to a PNP device? If you have auto config turned on, shut it off and
> set
> this manually. Plug and Pray is not a joke reference to PnP.
I have an American Megatrends BIOS circa 1994 with no PNP support!
On Fri, 29 Aug 1997 18:29:53 -0700 (MST), Darin D. wrote:
>>
>> Here, no problems with a 3C509B. I disabled pnp and set the irq to 5
>> (for arbitrary reasons.)
>> What do you get from `cat /proc/{interrupts,io}` ?
>
>I have tried different irq's and addresses and all of them have been clear
>of
On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, Darin D. wrote:
> 1. Try to disable the boot prom.
>
> How do I do this? I have gone through the 3Com disk and didn't see
> anything like this.
If you have the configuration and diagnostic program version 3.0, then
click on install, configure adapter. It's there.
regard
Joost Kooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> Doesn't the "mca" in these messages refer to the IBM MCA bus "standard"?
> Wouldn't that interfere with the VLB bus tou say you have?
IIRC the Debian rescue disk kernel and modules are now built with MCA
support. These messages could come from l
>
> Here, no problems with a 3C509B. I disabled pnp and set the irq to 5
> (for arbitrary reasons.)
> What do you get from `cat /proc/{interrupts,io}` ?
I have tried different irq's and addresses and all of them have been clear
of anything in cat /proc/interrupts & ioports. I am now going to rem
>
> 1. Try to disable the boot prom.
>
How do I do this? I have gone through the 3Com disk and didn't see
anything like this.
> 2. Your transciever type must be BNC if your using coax cabling, RJ-45 if
> you are using UTP cables.
I have the 3c509B-TPO, so I only have the UTP input.
>
> c
Darin D. wrote:
>
> Simply put, I cannot get my 3Com Etherlink III (3C509B) to work with
> Debian Linux 1.3.1 kernel 2.0.29. (i486DX4 VLB w/16MB)
Here, no problems with a 3C509B. I disabled pnp and set the irq to 5
(for arbitrary reasons.)
IIRC it worked fine already with the default kernel, but
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On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, Darin D. wrote:
>Simply put, I cannot get my 3Com Etherlink III (3C509B) to work with
>Debian Linux 1.3.1 kernel 2.0.29. (i486DX4 VLB w/16MB)
Is any card using 0x300 as IO address?
Try removing as many other cards as possible and see if the
On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, Darin D. wrote:
> Hi. I will try and make this as brief as possible while trying to explain
> everything I have tried.
Hi,
This is what I can think of:
1. Try to disable the boot prom.
2. Your transciever type must be BNC if your using coax cabling, RJ-45 if
you are usi
Hi. I will try and make this as brief as possible while trying to explain
everything I have tried.
Simply put, I cannot get my 3Com Etherlink III (3C509B) to work with
Debian Linux 1.3.1 kernel 2.0.29. (i486DX4 VLB w/16MB)
Before I go on I should add that I have not used this in any other machi
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