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Title: isa nics
Post by: Sander on October 11, 2001, 04:53:10 AM

well i have an isa and a pci nic. when i install e-smith, i am always in trouble because when it asks me for my nics it has found the pci nic. for my local network i have ne2000(isa).

for those people who have still isa nics in the computer could you put an option when you select nics that i would like to install an isa nic(s).

is this possible?

Title: Re: isa nics
Post by: stephen noble on October 13, 2001, 06:08:00 PM

i agree
i removed the template/etc/modules.conf to stop it overwritting my mods.
i couldn't follow the logic to modify the templete correctly

Title: Re: isa nics
Post by: sander on October 14, 2001, 12:46:16 AM

To install isa nics correctly you have to do the following:

in /etc/modules.conf add:

alias eth0 ne
options ne irq=5 io=0x300

in /home/e-smith/configuration set the variable:

EthernetDriver1=ne

save both files and do a console save as follows

/sbin/e-smith/signal-event console-save

thats how i get my isa nic(ne2000) working. (i dont erease anything)
during install when you choose the drivers for your adapter i choose ne2k-pci and later remove the 2k-pci part from the files and do  the save and after restart they start working

Title: Re: isa nics
Post by: stephen noble on October 16, 2001, 08:14:41 PM

>thats how i get my isa nic(ne2000) working. (i dont erease anything)
>during install when you choose the drivers for your adapter i choose ne2k-pci and >later remove the 2k-pci part from the files and do  the save and after restart they >start working

yes but it's a pain removing the 2k-pci part from the conf.modules
each time after using the wizard, especially if you don't have a keyboard
or monitor and the NIC isn't configured properly

Title: Re: isa nics
Post by: Sander on October 18, 2001, 12:32:13 PM

> yes but it's a pain removing the 2k-pci part from the
> conf.modules
> each time after using the wizard, especially if you don't
> have a keyboard
> or monitor and the NIC isn't configured properly

How often do you format e-smith????
once a week? twice?
I have had e-smith running since april and i have formated 4 times if i remember correctly. i have installed 4.1.1 ; 4.1.2; and i am now running sme

You have to have a monitor and a keyboard during install. as far as i know.
when you complete the isa nics conf as i have shown after restart it WILL start working (if you know the right settings).

sofar i havent had a single problem with my nics. ( my e-smith server usually runs during the day(i shut down it for the night).
when i power it on it comes up and i dont have to do anything.

Sander

Title: Re: isa nics
Post by: Fabio on November 06, 2001, 08:46:59 PM

Thanks a lot.
With this help I was able to set my ISA nic.
Hereby I signal that the link in the FAQ points to a message with wrong istructions!

-f

Title: Re: isa nics
Post by: bambang hutomo on November 19, 2001, 12:26:22 PM

:))) same like my problem :)))

i use 3comISA, my trick is login as root and change modules.conf find eth0 ... to eth0 3c509 and type /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart
done