Re: [TCLUG:8308] Problems configuring an ISA Pnp Ethernet card

[Chris Kesler <chris@pconline.com>]

Right. I didn't mean that you can run that program from a Linux prompt. 
You'll have to boot DOS, but it's better than trying to use ISA
plug-and-play.  That's something to avoid, if you can, no matter what OS
you use.

Chris


On Thu, 16 Sep 1999, Brian J. Ackermann wrote:

> Sure,
> 
> What you need is a vanilla boot for DOS.  Just any old dos boot disk 
> should do the trick.
> 
> When DOS is up, run the 3C5X9CFG program, and wade through
> the menus to configure your card --it will make you choose between cards
> if it detects  multiple 3com 3c5x9 type cards...
> 
> Just turn off pnp, and set your IRQ and I/O addresses to whatever you like
> and away you go....
> 
> Brian J. Ackermann
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nathan Hartzell <nhartzell@millermeester.com>
> To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
> Date: Thursday, September 16, 1999 10:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [TCLUG:8308] Problems configuring an ISA Pnp Ethernet card
> 
> 
> I can use the DOS utility to configure it in Linux?  Sorry if this seems a
> stupid question, I'm just starting with Linux.
> 
> -Nathan Hartzell
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Chris Kesler <chris@pconline.com>
> To: <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 3:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [TCLUG:8308] Problems configuring an ISA Pnp Ethernet card
> 
> 
> > There is a DOS utility that you can run to configure that card.  It's
> > called 3c5x9cfg.exe, and it's on the disk that came with the card.  You
> > can probably download it from 3Com's site, too.  Anyways, you can use that
> > configuration program to disable PnP and set an IRQ and IO address into
> > the flash memory on the card.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, Nathan Hartzell wrote:
> >
> > > I am attempting to install my 3com 3c509b ISA Ethernet card.  The module
> > > loads under Linux, but the card does not initialize.  Attached is a copy
> of
> > > a pnpdump from my kernel and the output from isapnp in debug mode.
> After
> > > running isapn, the card still does not show up in lsmod.  Can anyone
> tell me
> > > what to do so that my card will initialize?  I am running Caldera
> OpenLinux
> > > 2.2 with no major updates.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Nathan Hartzell
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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