Quoting Marvin Pascual ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I add the module manually by adding a line "alias eth2 3c509" without the > quotes below the "alias eth1 3c59x" without the quotes in my /etc/modules.conf > and run the command of modprobe. After modprobing, I got no response and I > believe that the module has been loaded. After that, I tried restarting the > network service but I got errors: > > Bringing up interface eth2: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Device or resource busy > Failed to bring up eth2.
You know, you're welcome to download Donald Becker's 3c5x9setup utility from my Internet site: http://linuxmafia.com/pub/hardware/3c5x9setup http://linuxmafia.com/pub/hardware/3c5x9setup.c Instructions: http://www.scyld.com/diag/3c5x9setup.html You can use it to specify IRQ and I/O base address values (I'd recommend 10 and 0x300, respectively unless you already use those for something else) and force the media type to 10Base-T. Source code for Becker's separate utility to test and "activate" such cards is here: ftp://ftp.scyld.com/pub/diag/el3.c Compile instructions are at the bottom. However, if you want to be absolutely certain of the state the card's in, and have a bootable MS-DOS floppy, it's hard to beat the 3Com utility for that purpose. I keep a copy here: http://linuxmafia.com/pub/hardware/3c5x9cfg.exe That single utility will let you (1) turn off the card's PnP mode (which I'd do), (2) set the IRQ and I/O base address manually, and (3) test whether the card actually works with that IRQ and I/O address. Don't forget to enter your motherboard's ROM BIOS Setup program and make sure the indicated IRQ is allocated to "legacy ISA" devices (if you're going to disable ISAPnP mode in the card). Old 3Com 3C509/3C509B cards are ridiculously obsolete, by now, but they're still nice old cards. Worth the trouble, in my view. I still use them, myself. -- Cheers, "It ain't so much the things we don't know that get us Rick Moen in trouble. It's the things we know that ain't so." [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Artemus Ward (1834-67), U.S. journalist _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
