Re: Installation Problems..please help..it's URGENT!

["Werner Kliewer" <Werner_Kliewer MPIC mb ca>]

Per,

If you cannot change the IRQ of the NIC, then the Win95/NT stuff is
pointless. That was just to make sure that Win95/NT would still find the
card after the IRQ change. I would chase down the manufacturer of the NIC
or the bios and see what help they can give.

Other than that, you may be in the same position as I. I have to add a
second SCSI interface to a system that already has one on the motherboard.
It also has an Ethernet controller on the motherboard and I have added a
Token Ring card. Token Ring support in Linux is a little thin. The PCI TR
card I tried first would not work because the driver does not yet support 4
digit IO addresses. I had to go with an ISA card. Now when I add the second
SCSI interface, the TR card stops working. The driver says it cannot find
any TR cards. IRQ's are distinct, and the BIOS and EISA configurator claim
the Shared Memory addresses are distinct, but I suspect I will have to take
out the TR card, add in the SCSI and then re-add the TR card.   The new
SCSI is differential to hook up to some shared, high speed tape drives we
have. 

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> From: Per Kristiansen <perk crb oslo no>
> To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject: Re: Installation Problems..please help..it's URGENT!
> Date: Friday, November 28, 1997 2:56 AM
> 
> At 17:32 27.11.97 -0600, Werner_Kliewer MPIC mb ca wrote:
> >Per,
> >
> >You say in some of your other posts that you cannot change the IRQ's of
the
> >SCSI controllers. You should still be able to change the IRQ of the
network
> >card. 
> 
> Unable to do that also, the NIC is a PCI 10/100PCFast(SMF) card, snf I
> hsvrnt found any utilities to change the IRQ.
> 
> >If that is what you did to get linux working, but then have to change
> >it back for Win95/NT etc., Try this. Change it to the appropriate IRQ
for
> >Linux. Then delete all references to it and all drivers for it from
> >Win95/NT. Then let them re-discover the card (or even add it in
manually)
> >with the new IRQ setting. All systems should be able to use the new IRQ.
> 
> what I did to get Linux to work was inserting an extra NIC, a really old
> NE2000 compatible one, one that allowed you to change IRQ's
> 
> And no matter what I do in W95/NT, it has NO impact on what happens when
I
> try to run linux.
> 
> darn!...this thing is driving me crazy.
> 
> I'm starting to beleive that it is the bios for the SCIS adapters that
has
> a problem, since I was able to install Linux on a Kayak XA without any
> problems,
> and it has a single SCSI controller onboard instead of two.
> 
> If only I could rip one of those controllers out .. 
> 
> >----------
> >> From: Per Kristiansen <perk crb oslo no>
> >> Newsgroups: linux.redhat.install
> >> Subject: Installation Problems..please help..it's URGENT!
> >> Date: Wednesday, November 26, 1997 4:49 PM
> >> 
> >> Hi..
> >> 
> >> I'm testing the new HP Kayak PC's with Linux RedHat 4.2 and have
bumped
> >> into some problems:
> >> 
> >> but first some data:
> >> 
> >> Hardware:
> >> 
> >> HP KAYAK XU Dual P2-300 64Mb ram 
> >> 1 Adaptec 7860 v1.32S2HP(onboard)
> >> 1 Adaptec 7880 v1.32S2HP(onboard)
> >> 1 AMD 79C970 Lance Net 
> >> 1 Matrox II AGP 4Mb
> >> 
> >> MotherBoard:
> >> HP's Own
> >> 
> >> BIOS:
> >> PhoenixBios 4.0 Release 6.0.
> >> BIOS version:HB.11.07US
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Software:
> >> Redhat 4.2 with kernel 2.0.32
> >> 
> >> Startup:
> >> Found PCnet/PCI at 0xfca0, irq 11
> >> eth0: PCnet (unknown) at 0xfca0 00 60 b0 a1 9c b5 assigned IRQ 11, no
DMA
> >> needed
> >> lance.c:v1.09 Aug 20 1996 dplatt 3do com, becker cesdis gsfc nasa gov
> >> 
> >> Then the 7860 reports:
> >> IRQ 10
> >> 
> >> Then the 7880 reports
> >> IRQ 11 (same as net card)
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Problem:
> >> No matter what kind of PCI netcard I try , the same allways happens:
> >> one or both the SCSI cards conflicts with the NIC.
> >> Causing the NIC to go bananas! You can see it but you can't DO
anything
> >> with it. Kinda sad really :)
> >> 
> >> If I put in a old'n trusty NE2000 card, and rip out the PCI NIC,
> >everything
> >> works, but I MUST get it to work with a 100Mb card, and the last time
I
> >> checked , there were mighty few ISA 100Mb cards ;)
> >> 
> >> so to put it short...
> >> HELP!!!!!
> >> 
> >> 
> 
> Per Kristiansen
> Elisenbergvn 20.
> 0265 Oslo
> Tlf:22 444 159
> Mob::900 57895
> 
> 
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