Dan Brown wrote:
>
> alann wrote:
>
> > 2 network cards residing in a machine. These are ISA cards BTW, so I
> > cannot set IRQ like PCI's.
>
> Actually, you've got it backwards. Typically, ISA cards need
> particular IRQs set, not PCI cards. I'm not 100% sure about the
> EtherExpress, but my EtherExpress Pro 10 came with a setup disk. That
> disk contains driver software, as well as a setup utility that allows me
> to change the I/O and IRQ settings (of course, it has to be run under
> DOS). What I'd do in this case is boot from a DOS boot floppy, then run
> the setup program and see what the existing NIC is set to. Then remove
> that NIC (so the setup program doesn't get confused), install the other
> one, and set it to something else. Then install both NICs and hope
> Linux will deal with them OK.
>
> --
> Dan Brown, KE6MKS, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good
> with ketchup.
GREAT..Thanks for the help. I CANNOT imagine an ISA card not being able
to
program I/O and IRQ. Yea we probably HAVE them somewhere.
Finding them is in itself a mystery since our document keeping for
computers
( not my fault ) is not of my own.
Alan
going to www.intel.com now.!
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