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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