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Title: ISA Network cards
Post by: Kenneth on July 24, 2000, 05:21:43 AM

Hello,

Is there any way that I can get my 3com 3c509B (ISA) to work with e-smith, it worked with red hat 6.1 (kernel 2.0)

It's not that I'm cheap, but that I have a whole bunch of 3com ISA NIC's around and I want to use them.

Kenneth

Title: RE: ISA Network cards
Post by: Gerald Jansen on July 24, 2000, 08:30:53 AM

ISA cards have never been supported. I am sure that you can load your own drivers. However, to my knowledge they are not going to be supported.

Title: RE: ISA Network cards
Post by: Randy Brown on July 24, 2000, 12:27:22 PM

Logon as root - Alt-F2.

    /sbin/e-smith/config set EthernetDriver1 3c509  
    /sbin/e-smith/config set EthernetDriver2 3c509    
     

then edit /etc/conf.mosules    < pico /etc/conf.modules >
   alias eth0 3c509
   alias eth1 3c509

   options eth0 io=0x???
   options eth1 io=0x???
???= you cards io number
save then run

   /sbin/e-smith/signal-event console-save
   reboot and you should have it

Title: RE: ISA Network cards
Post by: Alessandro Degola on July 24, 2000, 01:25:53 PM

>then edit /etc/conf.mosules < pico /etc/conf.modules >
>alias eth0 3c509
>alias eth1 3c509

>options eth0 io=0x???
>options eth1 io=0x???
>???= you cards io number
>save then run

Don't forget plug'n play has to be uninhabited.

Title: IO Numbers for ISA 3c509B
Post by: Kenneth on July 24, 2000, 09:23:52 PM

Hello,

Thanks for all the help with the ISA cards, but how do I find out the io number of my cards?, is there a way that linux can probe for the best numbers?

Thanks from a newbie,

Kenneth

Title: RE: IO Numbers for ISA 3c509B
Post by: Randy Brown on July 26, 2000, 09:54:12 AM

ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub/nic/cardfind.exe

put this file on a dos ploppy and run it... it should tell you all kinds of cool stuff about your 3c509...