Re: Redhat - Debian PCI problems

1997-10-24 Thread Philippe Troin
On Sat, 23 Oct 1997 22:22:38 +0200 Daniel J. Mashao ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Bob Nielsen wrote: Now my question is - does it mean that Debian pci drivers are older that those in Redhat? Why would Redhat work and not Debian? Is the differences that deep? I always

Redhat - Debian PCI problems

1997-10-24 Thread Daniel J. Mashao
Hi, I was recently asked to take over the sys admin of a linux server box. I immediately installed Debian 1.3.1 from the net instead of running the recently installed Redhat system. My idea was that since I use and like Debian it should be a piece-of-cake to get everything working. Well I was

Re: Redhat - Debian PCI problems

1997-10-24 Thread Daniel J. Mashao
On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Bob Nielsen wrote: Now my question is - does it mean that Debian pci drivers are older that those in Redhat? Why would Redhat work and not Debian? Is the differences that deep? I always thougth the differences were minor. The drivers are in the kernel, not in anything

Re: Redhat - Debian PCI problems

1997-10-24 Thread Daniel J. Mashao
On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Philippe Troin wrote: Did you try with kernel 2.0.31 ? It has a bunch of updated PCI devices and network drivers (amongst others). Phil. No I actually tried 2.0.30. I had to swap hard drives (dirty stuff) because the machine I am trying to fix cannot talk to the outside

Re: Redhat - Debian PCI problems

1997-10-24 Thread Daniel J. Mashao
Thanks to everyone - the problem is solved. It turns out that the I had wrong broadcast address. I am so ashamed of myself - but I want to thank evryone for respong so speedily and helping me figure out what could be wrong.

Re: Redhat - Debian PCI problems

1997-10-24 Thread Lindsay Allen
Hi Daniel, The latest driver can be had from Donald Becker's page at cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov - now at v0.83. I am using the tulip driver here with no problems. About all I can think of is that it probably requires a bus-mastering slot and of course check /proc/interrupts to see that all is well.

Re: Redhat - Debian PCI problems

1997-10-24 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Daniel J. Mashao wrote: recognized in dmesg or 'cat /proc/pci'? There are some configuration options for these cards which may have to be set. I get a message when the kernel loads that indicates that the system has a problem with PCI devices. It gives warnings about

Re: Redhat - Debian PCI problems

1997-10-24 Thread Bruce Perens
From: Daniel J. Mashao [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am so ashamed of myself Don't be. If I had a buck for every stupid mistake I'd made, the mortgage would be paid off. Just hang out on the list and help the next guy. Bruce -- Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it? Linux -

Re: Redhat - Debian PCI problems

1997-10-23 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Daniel J. Mashao wrote: Hi, I was recently asked to take over the sys admin of a linux server box. I immediately installed Debian 1.3.1 from the net instead of running the recently installed Redhat system. My idea was that since I use and like Debian it should be a