Installing a 3c905b-tx pci nic

[Christopher Zarrella <serge io com>]

Help please,

I'm getting a cable modem connection soon and I've installed a 3com
3c905b-tx PCI nic.  Even though I don't have the connection yet, I'm
experimenting with activating the card.  When I try to fire up the dhcp
job I don't get errors, the computer locks completely.  I have to do a
hard reset to recover the pc.  I'm sure but not positive that the
problem is registering the card, not the dhcp routine itself.  I need
some help figuring this out:

PC:  Dell 266 with 64mb ram
NIC: (PCI) 3com FastEtherlink XL 10/100 TX Ethernet NIC (3c905b-tx)
IRQ: 9  MEM: 04000000-0400007F  I/O:  1000-107F (Conf Info from Win98)
OS: RH 5.0 with 2.0.36-0.7 kernel
Linux reports:  3c905b Cyclone 100 base TX
		at 0xfc00, ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, IRQ9
		(I know this is wrong, there is no MAC Address)

This is a dual-boot system and Windows reported no errors when the card
was installed.

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Christopher Zarrella
serge io com
Linux user