> On Wednesday 18 December 2002 10:59 pm, Daniel Church wrote: > > Linux Guru's, > > > > I am trying to setup and older system, its a P133 with 32MB RAM, and a > > Realtek 8019 ISA NIC. > > > > How can I get this card to work? > > > > The Realtek homepage says the kernel has inbuilt support for NE2000, > > you just have to enable it using make. I've tried make config, make > > menuconfig and make xconfig and each time I get told my make that the > > configuration file does not exist. > > > > I've tried booting using: linux ether=11,0x280H,eth0 > > > > Doesn't make any difference. > > > > RedHat howto suggests that I can install using expert mode, and use the > > add drivers screen. Where is the add drivers screen? I've installed > > using workstation, custom & server and none seem to have an add drivers > > screen. > > > > Yes I know I can go any buy a new NIC for $10 but I want to make this > > work more to the point! > > Have you tried inserting the proper module for your card? The support > isn't built into the kernel, it's built as a loadable module. I'm not > sure on the ISA version, but I believe it uses the ne.o module. After > booting, try "modprobe ne" and see if it loads. You probably have to add > options to the modprobe command for ISA cards. For the data you used > above, something like "modprobe ne io=0x280 irq=11" should work, assuming > those are the correct values for this card and your machine. > Try "modinfo ne" to see possible options. >
I discovered I had to run a DOS "setup" program for each old ISA card I put into a Linux system. At the very least, you'd want to run such a thing to verify the io and irq settings of the card in question (assuming they are not set by jumpers on the card itself). In at least one case, I had to also DISABLE the so-called PNP feature of the card, and set the io and irq manually, using the setup program. (These settings go into NVRAM on the card, typically. At least, the ones without jumpers). Where do you get the setup program? Take a look at http://pigtail.net/LRP/swap.html There is all the information you need (such as which linux module goes with which NIC), as well as links to download the setup programs for a whole bunch of old NIC cards. It did require me to download and install WinImage, a shareware disk imaging tool, because of the way they published the data. But it worked fine, and I now have me a wonderful set of bootable floppies for doing ISA NIC card work. For reference, I managed to get an old 486 running as a custom firewall/router, using RH7.1, iptables, and with three (3) different old ISA NIC cards! Pretty cool, huh? Go for it! It can be done! Learning this stuff is way cool. I really like your attitude about, "Yes I know I can go and buy a new NIC for $10 but I want to make this work more to the point!" :) Cheers, Jim Roberts _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
