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You may have to make some wild guess: use some of the commonly used io
ports, such as 0x300, 0x310 0x240 etc etc to find out.  In linux it is not
essential to give the irq.  This seems to be the only option left. If you
cannot install other os on the system.

Nagarjuna

On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Philip S Tellis wrote:

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->> If the network card is PCI, you can locate it from /proc/pci
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->It is an isa card
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->> If the network card is isa-pnp you can find out by pnpdump.
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->It tells me no boards found after trying all ports
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->> For standard isa card I suppose autoprobe is not possible except by
->looking
->> at the network card, say by opening the box,
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->I did this, but cannot figure out either the make or the IRQ/Port
->number.
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->> or take the risk of loading modules in the order of ne2k and then
->others, knowing
->> that most isa cards are ne cards.
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->Even then, I still have to guess the port and irq.  Since pnpdump says
->no boards, what do I do?
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