[3133] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: sipb installer w/ 3c509b ISA
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Thu Oct 26 16:22:18 2000
To: Kenneth C Barr <kbarr@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 26 Oct 2000 16:22:14 -0400
In-Reply-To: Kenneth C Barr's message of "Thu, 26 Oct 2000 16:17:16 -0400 (EDT)"
Message-Id: <sjmn1frtksp.fsf@rcn.ihtfp.org>
Did you try to boot disk again after you made those changes to the
card's flash memory? I find it hard to believe that the boot disk
doesn't work, either. Does it probe and find the card, or do you have
to specify the card manually?
-derek
Kenneth C Barr <kbarr@MIT.EDU> writes:
> On 26 Oct 2000, Derek Atkins wrote:
>
> > 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).
>
> I installed 6.1 from the CD and then enabled network support with netconf.
> No recompiling was necessary. No kernel modules parameters either.
>
> Yes, i have the PnP turned off and the tranceiver set to
> rj-45/UTP/10base-t or whatever (as opposed to auto). I was unable to get
> networking to work until making these changes to the card's flash memory.
>
> It's just bizarre that the bootnet.img and sipb disk can't get the card to
> work when it works fine in linux.
>
> Ken
>
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Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
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