Hi Theo,
A search for isa nic for the last 90 days finds...
http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=13448.msg50951#msg50951Which points to...
http://www.e-smith.org/faq.php3#5q9Which takes you to this...
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Author: Randy Brown (randy_AT_arcticfury.com)
Date: 12-13-00 23:01
Detailed Instructions on how to get an ISA NIC to work in e-smith and how to
get PCI NIC's that are supported by Linux but not the e-smith user interface.
Information that you will need:
1. The name of the driver for your NIC card.
(ne2000 = ne;, 3Com 509 = 3c509; CNet Pro200WL = dmfe)
card #1____________; NIC #2______________
2. For ISA users, you will need the IO (mine is 0x240) of your NIC Card.
(Most cards come with some dos utility on their driver disk that will give you
the required Information.)
NIC #1 IO = 0x_________ NIC #2 IO = 0x_________
The Scenario!
You have just installed e-smith and you need to manually configure your NIC.
Linux is case sensitive!
1. Press ALT-F2 to get to a command consul.
2. Login as root, and enter your password.
3. Type in the following lines
/sbin/e-smith/config set EthernetDriver1 3c509 < your driver here
/sbin/e-smith/config set EthernetDriver2 3c509 < your driver here
4. Now add following lins to conf.modules by using pico.
Pico /etc/conf.modules
alias eth0 3c509 < your driver here
alias eth1 3c509 < your driver here
(For ISA cards you also need the following lines.)
options eth0 io=0x < your IO here
options eth1 io=0x < your IO here
5. To save press Ctrl-o, to exit press Ctrl-x.
6. Now type this.
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event console-save
7. Press Alt -F1 to get back to the main menu and reboot.
8. After your reboot you can then continue your configuration and in Ethernet
configuration just select #1 keep current configuration and continue.
You should now be live.
I hop that this was of some help to some of you out there.
All of the above information has been gathered from the e-smith user bulletin boards
at
http://www.e-smith.org.
All Information Compiled by,
Randy Brown
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NTB>>> Notes!
a) During setup just chooses a PCI ne2000 card.
b) In step 4 above you should edit modules.conf NOT conf.modules.
c) I find it easier to use Midnight Commander (type "mc" to run) to navigate to and edit the modules.conf file.
d) You should be able to check if you need to specify the IRQ and / or IO of the NIC by typing "modprobe 3c509" then type "dmesg" and see if the NIC was found. Mine was found ok so I didn't bother with the eth0 options.
I did exactly the same as the above at the weekend to run an e-smith server for a small Unreal Tournament lan party. Worked a treat. Hope this helps
NTB
8o)
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