Re: NE2000 ISA NIC setup

[Matthew Dalton <matthewd@research.canon.com.au>]

John Griffiths wrote:
> 
> >I was never able to get this done in the install. I completed the install
> >without networking and then, after some research, placed:
> >
> >alias eth0 ne
> >options ne      io=0x300 irq=10
> >
> >in the file /etc/modutils/network. Of course, after more research, I had to
> >complete the rest of the network configuration manually as well. But in the
> >end, it all works.
> 
> So i load the module on install and accept the failure?

The result of this would be the same as if you didn't load the module on
install at all.

> or i don't need to install it?

If you don't need to use the network card to install Debian, then you
don't need to load the module on install.

Load it on install anyway, if you can, because it'll save time later.
When you try to load the module, does the installer give you a place for
you to type the module options? I can't check this at the moment, but I
think it does. Type in it something like: io=0x300 irq=10 (as Dwight
said above, but replaced with your card's values of course) and with a
little luck you'll get the message "module loaded successfully".


Matthew