Re: 3c509b on Noname with RedHat 6.1

[Kurt_Ludwig student uml edu (Kurt Ludwig)]

Did you try setting up some module options in /etc/conf.modules ?
conf.modules should look something like this:

<snip>
alias eth0 3c509
options eth0 io=0x300h irq=10
<snip>

take a look in the kernel docs for what the real module options are. It's
been a while since I used this kind of card, but those should be close to
the right options (you may only need the io address too).

Kurt


"D. Jezzer" <djezzer@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have recently put my DEC Alpha up and running with RedHat 6.1 (Cartman).

>After some playing around I decided I need to have networking facilities
and 
>I installed a ISA 3com 3c509b NIC. The thing is configured as non-pnp,
coax, 
>irq10, base adress 0x300h.
>
>I have also tried to get it running on base adress 0x360h and
"auto"detect, 
>on various combinations.
>
>When I boot the Alpha, it reaches runlevel 3, brings up interface lo [OK] 

>and starts bringing up eth0.... but never ends bringing it up.
>
>It seems to me that the machine is waiting for something instead of just 
>hanging dead, because when I cold-reset it a forced check of partion
things 
>starts.
>
>I tried to install the nic with linuxconf, the correct module is inserted.
I 
>also tried "insmod 3c509" but with no results.
>Pinging localhost works.
>Pinging another ip-adress on my network gives the message "network 
>unreachable".
>
>What I consider as rather strange is that the nic works just fine on a
intel 
>platform running suse-linux.
>
>My question: How to get the 3com 3c509b running on my DEC Alpha? Please
give 
>some detailed information, I will put the results on my knowledge base
site.
>
>TIA, dJezzer
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