[3322] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: installation problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Fri Jan 26 13:47:09 2001
To: Andrew Wilkinson <awilkins@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 26 Jan 2001 13:47:02 -0500
In-Reply-To: Andrew Wilkinson's message of "Thu, 18 Jan 2001 14:59:14 -0500"
Message-Id: <sjmofwurw0p.fsf@rcn.ihtfp.org>
Sorry I didn't respond sooner. Thanks for your information.
This definitely looks like you have one of the "bad" 3c905C cards. I
don't know the current state of our fix for this problem. Perhaps we
could get you to try our test installer? It should work enough to get
you installed, however you'll need to make a small change to the
installed system before you reboot in order to get your network to
come up.
-derek
Andrew Wilkinson <awilkins@MIT.EDU> writes:
> Thanks for the quick reply. I checked like you said and got this:
>
> for VT3, the last 6 lines said:
> *pci probing for ethernet devices
> *pci probe found 1 ethernet devices
> *module UNKNOWN not in install table
> *picked driver 3com 3c90x (Boomerang)
> *running: /bin/insmod /bin/insmod /modules/3c59x.0
> *insmod failed!
>
> And the end of VT4 said:
> *<4>EXT2-fs warning: checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended.
> *<4>VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
> *<4>3c59x.c: v0.99E 5/12/98 Donald Becker
> http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html
> *<4>Unknown 3Com PCI ethernet adapter type 9200 detected: not configured
> *<4>No 3Com Vortex/Boomerang Cards found
>
> Thanks again, Andrew
>
> At 10:42 AM 1/18/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> >What messages do you see in VT3 and VT4? Use Ctl-Alt-F3 and
> >Ctl-Alt-F4 go switch over.
> >
> >We've been having problems with some of the 3c905C cards out
> >there, but we haven't been able to come up with a reasonable
> >fix, yet. This is mostly due to lack of hardware on which the
> >install fails.
> >
> >-derek
> >
> >Andrew Wilkinson <awilkins@MIT.EDU> writes:
> >
> >> Thanks in advance to whomever is reading and hopefully replying to this.
> >>
> >> Today I was just trying to install Red Hat Linux on my Pentium running
> >> Windows ME, and it was working great until we got to the part about the
> >> ethernet card. I have a 3Com ethernet card (3c905c) in my machine, which
> >> according to the documentation was supported. In the dialog box that says
> >> "Load Module," the question comes up "Which drivers should I try?" and I
> >> select the 3c90x choice. The next screen is kind of strange though because
> >> it says "In some case the 3c59x driver needs to have extra information. . .
> >> "--- the strange part being that I had selected the 3c90x, not the 3c59x.
> >> Then when I select "autoprobe", it gives the message that nothing was
> >> detected, putting a stop to my installation try. I'm sure that I've got a
> >> 3c905c, and even tried selecting some of the other cards just in case.
> >> Anyway, any ideas would be much appreciated.
> >>
> >> Thanks, Andrew Wilkinson
> >>
> >
> >--
> > Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
> > Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB)
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>
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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-IA N1NWH
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