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Re: Help with install
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Angie Kelic)
Sun Jan 10 12:26:14 1999
To: Aidan Low <aidan@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 10 Jan 1999 11:58:31 EST."
<3.0.3.32.19990110115831.009f4100@po9.mit.edu>
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 12:26:05 EST
From: Angie Kelic <sly@MIT.EDU>
>At 11:10 AM 1/10/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>If you have the combo version of the 3c900, try running some
>>configuration program (such as 3c90xcfg) to change the media type from
>>autodetect (which I guess the driver still can't handle) to the actual type.
>
>Yes, I have the combo version. Where do I run that configuration program?
>At the first prompt of the boot floppy, where I typed "expert" before? Is
>that program on the floppy already?
>
What you need to do is boot the machine into DOS (you can use a win95
or DOS machine to create a DOS boot floppy). Then use the 3com
disk that came with your card to run the config program. In the
set of card configuration options it will have a media type setting
that will be something like auto-detect, rj-45, bnc, AUI, depending
on the type of card. Set it to whatever type of networking equipment
you are currently using. Save this information to the card. Now instead
of attempting to autodetect the media type, the cards will "remember"
that you've told it it is to use a specific media type and default
to that. (Thus if you ever change the type of network you're on
you'll need to rerun the config and save the info to the card
again.)
Once you've done this, reboot the machine and begin the Linux
install.
Note that the card will use the media type that you've told it
in the config regardless of what OS it is running under.
--Angie
