On Tuesday 30 January 2001 17:20, you wrote:
> Well, it didn't work. I fmirror'd when I got home last night, and saw a
> new network.img come down, so I tried that with 8139too.o. No go. I then
> tried compiling rtl8139.o on my existing 7.2 system and adding it through
> expert mode, and that failed too. So that leaves me with: a) It needs some
> parameters to the module that I don't now, or b) it's an IRQ conflict - how
> do I deal with that? Parameters that I don't know, probably, or c) it's a
> hardware problem, and I've got bigger fish to fry, as it were. I think
> tonight I'll install Win(bloze)98 and see if its fab-o nifty plug and pray
> can find the card (how's that for asking to be flamed). If it can't
> either, then I know I've got a hardware problem. If it can, then it's (a)
> or (b). But it's looking less and less like a software issue, and more like
> a quirk of my system.
>
> Eaon
Ummm try turning off PnP OS in your BIOS--reliable as a rain dance but what
do you have to lose?
Civileme
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 5:33 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Cc: Eaon
> > Subject: Re: [Cooker] rtl8139 on the network boot disk
> >
> > "Eaon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > Well, actually, I did try that one, mainly because it looked so
> >
> > promising
> >
> > > (the magic number "8139" and all). It didn't work. So then I got
> > > frustrated and went down the entire list and tried each and every
> > > module listed, all to no good effect. :-) Is it picky about the I/O
> >
> > address or
> >
> > > anything (I'm pretty sure the BIOS is set to "Plug and play OS
> >
> > = NO" - would
> >
> > > that matter?). I dunno, I'm just guessing there. Maybe I've
> >
> > actually found
> >
> > > a bug. Wouldn't that be exciting for me.
> >
> > If it's a PCI card, apart from a IRQ/DMA conflict everything should run
> > fine..
> >
> > > Anyway, the thread titled "install hd.img for BusLogic" has a
> >
> > reference to
> >
> > > using expert mode to choose extra modules (quoting Guillaume
> > > Cottenceau: "Copy it on an ext2-filesystem'ed floppy, type "expert" at
> > > boot
> >
> > time and put
> >
> > > this floppy as an additional modules floppy."). Silly me, not
> >
> > being so full
> >
> > > of myself as to consider myself an expert (I always choose expert or
> > > "custom" when install M$ stuff, why not Linux stuff). :-)
> >
> > I'll see what I
> >
> > > can make of that tonight (build rtl8139.o on my 7.2 box and
> >
> > insert it using
> >
> > > expert mode).
> >
> > Be careful, this is done at very early stage, so you have to manually
> > provide all potential modules requirements to each modules (f.ex.
> > advansys.o requires scsi_mod.o).
> >
> > Also, in expert mode, no PCI autoprobing is done.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Guillaume Cottenceau - http://us.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
