RE: delaying eth0 initialization

[russell ashdown net au]

Leonard, Karen,

Thanks, Leonard.  I had worked that out myself.

For an update, I have tried all that everyone who has replied on the 
list has suggested with the same result, that is: I am unable to 
install ANY network using RH 7.1.

I have changed NICs and tried a genuine NE2000, a NE1000, a 
couple of Intel 10/100 cards, etc.  None will auto detect.

I have posted to several lists and it appears that I am not the only 
person having this problem, it seems that it has been like this 
since RH 7.0.

Right now, I have reluctantly ditched the RH 7.1 CD's and am 
busily installing Debian.  Now I have to learn the vagaries of a new 
distro.  Happily, with Debian, the network auto-detects and installs 
without a problem.  The sad thing is that my machine is in 100 
pieces because I have been swapping NICs and VGA, changing 
IRQ and IO etc around to see if that will help with the RH 7.1 
install.  Now, I have to re-assemble the machine, find all the 
screws and clear my desk so I can do something productive.

In closing, thanks to everyone who offered help, the fact still 
remains that if I do nothing else but install RH 6.2, all is fine and 
the network works, in fact it all works!  If I try to install RH 7.0 or 
RH 7.1, the network NEVER auto detects, no matter what I try and 
I have been trying to install this distro for nearly two weeks now.  I 
have tried all options offered plus many more.  I am tired of reading 
the f****** manual, looking up URLs and seeking help on lists.  
Unfortunately, my five year love affair with RH is over.  If Debian 
works out for me, I will change my customer base (some 130 
installations over 26 sites) over to Debian and soldier on.  Why RH 
has issued ineffective CDs, I will never know.  Their previous distros 
were fine.  NONE of their support people care to answer my 
questions.  They seem to have developed the M$ support 
philosophy (what ever that is, I'm still waiting on the phone...)

Russell

On 1 Jun 01, at 14:02, Leonard den Ottolander wrote about:
RE: delaying eth0 initialization

> 		Hi Karen, Russell,
> 
> > Yes, I know your card model starts with 3c50, not 3c59, but that's the
> > module I used successfully with my cards (I don't remember how I learned
> > what module to use).  You can try "3c509" also if you want - I'm just
> > telling you what I did.
> 
>  Although probably meant well advising Russell to use a module that was not 
> written for this card is not a good thing to do. Please stick with the 3c509 
> driver!
>  Although I can't remember if this card was automatically detected on my 
> systems (I guess it is, at least on  RH 6.2) I have never had any problems 
> with these cards. Just add the entries
> alias eth0 3c509
> options 3c509 irq=<irq>
> to modules.conf.
>  Set the proper irq. You could change the IRQ used by the card using the DOS 
> utilities for it. Note that when the card was configured for use on an EISA 
> bus you will not be able to reconfigure the IRQ on an ISA bus, but you can use 
> the card with it's current IRQ.
> 
> 					Bye,
> 
> 					Leonard.
> 
> 
> 
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