On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, Nils Rennebarth wrote: :On Thu, Mar 12, 1998 at 04:55:08AM +0100, Remco Blaakmeer wrote: :> On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, zhang xu wrote: :> > how can I install the 3c509b ethernet card on my :> > Debian box? :> :> The simplest approach is to use the program "3c5x9cfg.exe" that comes with :> the DOS drivers to disable PnP support :Why is this necessary? I think at least since 2.0.20 the standard :3c509 driver can handle the PnP mode. I never disable PnP on 3com's for :a year now, they just work.
Well, it's not _strictly_ necessary, unless you dual boot to Win95. Win95 seems to get some sort of perverse pleasure out of reconfiguring the 3C509 every time it boots up ... and this drives Linux absolutely nuts (as it should). In addition, I've run into a few 3C509s that absolutely refused to work with Linux until they were reconfigured manually. Also, try setting up multiple 3C509s in one machine without disabling PnP ... -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 phone: (605) 334-4454 fax: (605) 335-1173 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net PGP Key ID: 0xA33B86E9 - Public key available at keyservers PGP Key fingerprint: CE03 10AF 3281 1858 9D32 C2AB 936D C472 -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
