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Re: Problems with network card IRQ conflicting.



On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Mrpeabody wrote:

 : I recently installed a scsi drive on my computer to that I could make it
 : dual-boot debian and windows NT, but my debian network card refuses to
 : work now after I installed the scsi drive.  The network card says its
 : IRQ is blocked or used by another device.  Being the Scsi controller is
 : all that I installed I asume it is this.  I would like linux just to
 : ignore my scsi drive becuase I have its own ide drive for it.  Is their
 : anyway I can tell linux to ignore my scsi drive, or is their some other
 : way to make it work?  What is worse yet is that windows NT doesn't have
 : any trouble with the network card so that means I've been stuck with
 : straight NT ever since.
 :     -jeff

Both PCI cards, right?  And an Adaptec SCSI card I'll wager.

Pull out the NIC, and boot.  Shutdown, insert the NIC, and boot.  The
BIOS should assign a different IRQ to the NIC.

I had this exact problem recently with a 2940 and a Netgear FA-310TX.

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