Re: Need parameters for lance ethernet on install
On Tue, Mar 14, 2000 at 09:41:15AM -0500, Josh Kuperman wrote:
> I need help installing and I'm at an impasse.
>
> I'm trying to install debian linux in an old Dell 486, with three
> AT-1500BT NICs and an old Adaptec SCSI card with two drives
> attached. I'm able to get the drives recognized by giving the command
>
> linux aha152x=0x340,11,7
>
> at the "boot:" prompt. The install goes along, but when I get to the
> step to install/configure the modules so that I can complete
> everything by FTP, the card is not being recognized. I get the message
> "Installing module lance. If the device isn't there or isn't
> configured correctly, this could cause your system to pause for up to
> a minute".
>
> The three AT-1500BT cards are configured as follows:
>
> Adapter 1: I/O-0x300,IRQ-5,DMA-5
> Adapter 2: I/O-0x320,IRQ-4,DMA-6
> Adapter 3: I/O-0x360,IRQ-3,DMA-7
>
According to the comments in drivers/net/lance.c (from the kernel source)
the driver should automatically probe all of these io addresess and find
the irq/dma automagically. Try installing it without parameters (you may
have to remove those params by hand from files in /etc/modutils, or simply
use "insmod lance").
Ben
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