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Re: isapnp and pnpdump
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Pete Erickson)
Mon Nov 30 14:57:43 1998
From: "Pete Erickson" <eripet@bethel.edu>
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Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 13:54:26 -0600
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I had the same problem. Go to the 3com site and download the latest driver.
The file is a self-extracting exe and in there you will find a dos
executable called 3c5x9cfg.exe. Turn off PnP and install the driver (Win98)
by using the 3Com Etherlink III ISA (3C509/3C509B) in ISA mode driver from
the win98 cd.
In linux...
recompile the kernel to support the 3c509B card. Everything should work
fine.
Pete Erickson
eripet@bethel.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Cifreo <eric@kazan.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Date: Monday, November 30, 1998 11:58 AM
Subject: isapnp and pnpdump
>Greetings and Salutations,
>
>I've currently got two Linux pnp problems.
>
>#1 Previously posted, a Win98-RH5.1 box will not
>share a modem. Once Win98 began successfully using the
>modem, linux no longer can communicate with it. I can't
>bring the interface up with any tool, even the CLI. Can't
>even query the modem using minicom or cu. Win 98 seems to
>have switched the serial port itself to pnp mode. I've
>tried setting the BIOS to "non-pnp", but then Win98 won't
>boot.
>
>#2 Now, on a different dual boot machine, Win98 has
>flipped my ISA 3Com 509B to pnp mode, and networking only
>works under MS OSes.
>
>Questions:
>How do I get linux to flip both devices back? I looked on
>3com's site for a DOS utility to disable pnp for the NIC, but
>only saw drivers.
>
>I redirected pnpdump to /etc/isapnp.conf, and uncommented the
>appropriate lines, setting IRQ and IO. Is a reboot necessary?
>Surely not??
>
>If, and when, I get Linux to reassert control over the hardware,
>will the two OSes constantly be flipping the bits back and forth,
>or can I have the devices constantly in non-pnp mode?
>
>Can I just manually change the settings for the port and the NIC
>in MS Device Manager, and turn off pnp that way?
>
>Should we put together a pnp howto? The Dual-Boot howtos are great,
>but what about these conflicts that come up afterwards?
>
>Thanks to all in advance...
>
>Eric Cifreo
>Kazan Software
>Austin, TX
>
>Just when you think you're starting to know Linux...
>
>
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