currently, what is the way your kernel boots up? in Mandrake, the config for
your card is at /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ip-eth0. You can check the
numbers there.
regards,
Foo Ji-Haw ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
T-Nova
raum 6067
extension 3166
----- Original Message -----
From: Stout, Wayne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 5:27 PM
Subject: [expert] Installation weirdness
> Greetings, all.
>
> I've kinda hit a brick wall with my latest installation of Mandrake 6.0.
> I've got a hunch as to what might have caused it, but no clue on how to
fix
> it.
>
> A bit of background. I had Mandrake 6 running dual boot with Win98 on this
> machine earlier. I added a hard drive, put Win98 2nd edition on one
> drive(2.1 gig), and re-partitioned my other drive (4.3 gig) to run solely
> linux.
>
> Here's where the weird part comes in. My network card (3com 3c509) and my
> sound card (SB16 genuine, not a clone) refuse to get along now. My hunch
is,
> when I installed 98 (I did this first, since I've heard of problems if
done
> the other way around), the Plug & Pray set the hardware up with different
> values that they had originally. Linux wants to use IRQ 10 for the network
> card, which of course is the IRQ that the sound card wants.
>
> I've tried tinkering with the isapnp.conf file, setting the sound card to
> use different i/o and irq settings, all to no avail. I've tried compiling
> the parameters into the kernel, still no go. I can't seem to get the
network
> card to let go of the IRQ10. Anyone know what file this is stored in
during
> the setup phase? Or is this something that might actually be rooted in the
> BIOS?
>
> Thanks in advance for any and all help.
>
> Wayne
