Re: 3C509 problems

[Art Ross <aross donet com>]

Clay Jackson wrote:

> I had the same problem on one machine; but not on another.
>
> The only significant difference I could find was that the machine I had the
> problem on had an AWARD BIOS and the other was AMI.  I suspect the root of the
> problem (at least in my case) is/was the "Plug 'n Pray" initialization in the
> BIOS.  To solve mine, not only did I have to do the insmod bit; but also run
> the DOS 3Com configuration program.
>
> Clay Jackson
>
> Dave Brockman wrote:
>
> > Art Ross wrote:
> > >
> > > I've been using RH Linux for a couple years now.   Now I'm beginning a
> > > rollout of Linux in the physics department.  We began this process with
> > > RH6.0 which has no problems recognizing the 3C509 NICs.  When we
> > > conducted fresh RH6.1 and RH6.2 beta installs, these cards are not
> > > recognized in the install.  Unfortunately, with my busy schedule I've
> > > worked around this problem by doing RH6.0 fresh installs and then
> > > upgrading to the RH6.1 or RH6.2beta versions.  The cards are recognized
> > > by the RH6.0 install and continue to work after the upgrade.
> > >   Could someone tell me what is happening?  Is there simply a module for
> > > the RH6.0 that properly handles the 3C509 which isn't present in the
> > > RH6.1 and RH6.2 beta versions?  I'm reasonably familiar with RH but
> > > haven't tried kernel configurations and compilations to try and build a
> > > fix.
> > >   Thanks in advance,
> > >   Art
> > >
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> > I've got the same problem. I sent the RedHat support people an email
> > about it but haven't got a reply yet. Meanwhile, I just do an insmod
> > 3c509 and ifup eth0 everytime I boot. I suppose I should add those lines
> > to a script somewhere but I'm not sure which one. If I get an answer
> > from RedHat I'll post it.
> >
> > **************************
> >   Dave Brockman/Portable
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I agree that one must use the 3Com Dos configuration program to set the IRQ and
base io address as well as disable PNP.  Even taking this step has not helped
eliminate our problem.  I see that someone had this problem with a particular
BIOS but not with another.  We've had problems configuring the 3C509 for RH6.1 on
several different computers some with Award and some with AMI BIOSs.
  Thanks so much for the input.  The department tech is going to give the
suggestion with the insmod after boot a try.
  REgards,
  Art