Re: Redhat -> Debian PCI problems
On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Daniel J. Mashao wrote:
>
> > recognized in dmesg or 'cat /proc/pci'? There are some configuration
> > options for these cards which may have to be set.
> I get a message when the kernel loads that indicates that the system has a
> problem with PCI devices. It gives warnings about Unknown PCI device. I
> think that is where my problem comes from, but then I did not get that
> from Redhat that was installed a few hours ago.
>From what I've heard, the 'unknown PCI device' message is only cosmetic
and means that it is not identified as a device whose name is in the
database file.
Are you identifying the ethernet card to the kernel? I know this is often
required, although I have not had to do so myself (PnP BIOS here took care
of it).
>
> It may be that I have another problem that is obscured by the PCI stuff.
There's quite a bit of information in the Ethernet-HOWTO and PCI-HOWTO
which may be of help here.
Bob
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