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Re: Need parameters for lance ethernet on install



On Tue, Mar 14, 2000 at 10:36:20AM -0500, Josh Kuperman wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 14, 2000 at 09:54:55AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 14, 2000 at 09:41:15AM -0500, Josh Kuperman wrote:
> > > I need help installing and I'm at an impasse.
> >[first message deleted] 
> > 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").
> 
> I'm still trying to do this with the install program. When I don't
> place give it any parameters I get an instant response of
> 
> /lib/modules/2.0.34/net/lance.o : init_module : device or resource busy
> 
> if I give it any parameters it hangs. Since I don't have access to the
> file system and commands until after I complete an install, I won't be
> able to try the other suggestiongs for a while.

During the install you can switch to vt2 to get a command prompt (Alt+F2).

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