I set it so it's not PnP through software, that was the only way I could get
it to work with Linux boot before.. (at one time in the past I had used the
bootnet.img to download Mandrake, but after about like 6 hours or so, it
would fail doing something..)
But I'm gonna go ahead and try all that stuff you sent me! ;)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Denis Havlik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 6:17 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Lothar..
> On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Kyle "Orange" Spahn wrote:
>
> :->No.. I have an ISA, it's a D-Link 220 (10BT)
>
> Isa PnP, ha? I hate those. :-(
> This also means I NEVER EVER BOUGHT ONE OF THOSE MYSELF (this was a
> disclaimer).
>
> Now back to buisness:
>
> Can you find out which port + interrupt it uses under windows?
> Then reserve those in BIOS (set "no PnP OS installed" and "IRQ X reserved
> for legacy ISA")
> Finaly, take a look at networking.txt (kernel-doc package,
> /usr/kernel.doc-*/networking directory) to see what is the problem with
> ne-2000 compatible cards. Look for:
>
> 8390 based Network Modules
>
> I think you will need the "ne" + "8390" modules. Try it out with
> "modprobe" or "insmod" (better modprobe, since ne depends on 8390) and
> specify the options on the comandline - once it works you can
> add it all to conf.modules.
>
> hope this helps (write back what you got)
>
> cu
> Denis
>
>
