Re: WD8003 problem

[Brent Sims <brent rmi net>]

	Perhaps someone knows more than me, but I had a few of these cards 
and the only way I could get Red Hat to detect them was by removing the
previously used card and slidding another into the slot. Simply removing
the existing and then putting it back in wouldn't do it, I had to swap the
card out each and ever time I reinstalled or did a full upgrade.

	Kind of slowed things down as far as upgrades were concerned...

	Don't know why I had to do this and I never found a fix, but it
got fustrating enough to prompt me to acutally break down and buy some
brand new 3c509s.

	Brent Sims 

	

On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Richard Andrews wrote:

->
->  Hi everyone. This is my first posting and I'm here because I have a problem 
->(of course).
->
->  I'm trying to switch from Slackware to Redhat (please no comments about 
->which is better, I'll make my own mind up). Anyway I'm trying to install via 
->FTP. I have a working system under my present setup using a Western Digital 
->SMC 8003 ethernet card.
->  When I try to install RedHat I can't get it to detect the card. I know the 
->parameters and I've read the doc. I've tried entering the parameters every 
->which way I could possibly think of to get the damn thing to find the card.
->  The card IS supported and it runs fine with the present kernel I have built for it.
->
->  Help! Can someone please tell me _exactly_ what I have to type at the 
->"Optional parameters" box to get this to work. Presently I'm passing the 
->following through lilo.conf
->
->append="ether=7,0x240,0xd0000,eth0"
->
->  Or can someone tellme how I can build a new redhat bootdisk with my current 
->kernel or just give me a clue how to do this?
->
->  TIA
->
->Rich
->
->
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