Thanks, Ray, Greg & All:
I recompiled my kernel with my ne2000 as a module.
Edited rc.modules with the current ioport address.
It works! I can ping my linux server.
:-)
Regards, Chuck
Ray Olszewski wrote:
>
> Which Slackware kernel are you using (or if you compiled your own, how did
> you provide for NE2000 support)?
>
> Some pre-compiled Slackware kernels (e.g, bare.i) have NE2000 support
> compiled in, while others (e.g., scsi.s) require that it be configured as a
> module. The built-ins usually probe successfully for an NE2000 (though your
> IO base isn't the usual 0x300, so that might be causing the probe to fail),
> while modules usually require you at provide at least the IO base with an
> entry like:
>
> modprobe ne io=0x260 irq=0xB
>
> The easiest thing for you to do, I imagine, would be to uncomment the "ne"
> line in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules and fill in the blanks as above.
>
> At 04:41 PM 7/18/99 -0400, Charles E Gelm wrote [in part]:
> > I'm installing kernel 2.0.37pre10 (slackware-3.9) on a 486dx66 32
> >Megabytes of RAM,
> >My NIC is a ne2000 clone at 0x260 irq 12
> >My kernel does find the NIC it when it boots. How can I get my kernel
> >to find this NIC ?
>
> I assume you meant "does not" above, not "does".
>
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