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Re: Athena-Linux installation bug?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alexander Rakhlin)
Tue Nov 14 00:28:01 2000
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In-Reply-To: Your message of "13 Nov 2000 09:16:33 EST."
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Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 00:27:36 -0500
From: Alexander Rakhlin <rakhlin@MIT.EDU>
When I choose the NE2000 card, I can specify the io/irq settings, but it still
doesn't work... I do specify the correct settings (io300/irq3) for my card.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
-Alex
> Did you specify the io-port and irq settings? I believe you need to
> do so on the ISA NE2k card, and you need to do so BEFORE the card
> loads. I believe you can tell the installer that you want to "specify
> settings" instead of "ok" (but I could that that slightly wrong).
>
> -derek
>
> Alex Rakhlin <rakhlin@MIT.EDU> writes:
>
> > this is an ISA NE2000 card. when I boot from the installation disk it asks
> > about the language, etc. then asks about NFS image/FTP/etc. I choose NFS,
> > then it prompts for the network card. When I choose "NE2000" I get an
> > error: "/tmp/ne.o: init_module: Device or resource busy"
> > The older (Athena-Linux 5.2) boot disk works fine.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> > thanks,
> > -Alex
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ==============
> > Is this an ISA or PCI NE2000 card? In what way does this version
> > differ from the previous version (are you talking 5.2 or Real RedHat
> > 6.2?)
> >
> > -derek
> >
> > Alexander Rakhlin <rakhlin@MIT.EDU> writes:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I tried to install Athena Linux with the new beta installation, but it
> > can't
> > > detect my network card (NE2000) and so can't go ahead with the install. The
> > > previous version of install worked fine.
> > >
> > > please, let me know how this can be fixed.
> > >
> > > best,
> > > -Alex
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
> > Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB)
> > URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL N1NWH
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> >
>
> --
> Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
> Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB)
> URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL N1NWH
> warlord@MIT.EDU PGP key available
