Re: Debian Potato i386 newtork woes
On Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 03:28:55PM -0700, Larry Smith wrote:
> I'm unable to find a driver that will load, that is
> supposed to work with my SMC model 8216C internet
> card. The drivers all abort indicating a possible
> address or irq error.
>
> I've tried:
> smc-ultra (Used to work on a RedHat 6.0 system)
> wd
> tulip
> ne
>
> I've strapped the card, rather than use plug and play,
> and I know it's at io 0x300 and irq 10. I've tried
> loading with insmod rather than modprobe, so I can
> input these parameters. The required 8390 module is
> already loaded.
>
> Windows 98 on the same computer can find and use the
> card at that address and IRQ.
>
> I even tried working a bit on the driver code to
> hard-wire it, only to discover that apparently I don't
> have the code for the driver that's delivered with
> potato.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
Here's one. Does your BIOS have a "plug and play" option? If so, turn it
off.
Also, if this is a new installation you should consider switching to
woody.
-Andy
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