[3131] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: sipb installer w/ 3c509b ISA
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Thu Oct 26 14:25:08 2000
To: Kenneth C Barr <kbarr@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 26 Oct 2000 14:24:30 -0400
In-Reply-To: Kenneth C Barr's message of "Thu, 26 Oct 2000 12:32:39 -0400 (EDT)"
Message-ID: <sjmpukntq8x.fsf@rcn.ihtfp.org>
Did you install RedHat 6.2? Did you have to recompile your kernel to
get your 3c509b to work? Also, do you have PnP turned OFF on your
509b? It's possible that the installer wont accept a PnP-enabled card
(but I'm not sure).
-derek
Kenneth C Barr <kbarr@MIT.EDU> writes:
> Hi, I can't use the beta installer. I bet it has to do with my old-skool
> network card, a 3com 3c509b ISA card. (I get an error that the NFS drive
> could not be mounted)
>
> I was able to install linux myself from a CD and then run netconfig to
> turn on the network. No options are passed to the module, though -- it
> simply doesn't work during the install process (note that it ALSO doesn't
> work from RedHat's own bootnet.img disk)
>
> Since the card -does- work in linux -- i'm using it now -- I hoped you
> could update the installer somehow to support it. That way I'd have a
> "real" machine that would take updates.
>
> Thanks for your help or any advice,
> Ken
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ken Barr (617) 225-1605
> kbarr@mit.edu www.mit.edu/~kbarr
> Laboratory for Computer Science Computer Architecture Group
>
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