Thanks for suggestion. I'm telnetting in from work so should be able to reboot as needed.
Output of dmesg: ne.c:v1.10 9/23/94 Donald Becker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) NE*000 ethercard probe at 0x2c0: 00 c0 df b1 3a 25 eth0: NE2000 found at 0x2c0, using IRQ 10. ne.c: PCI BIOS reports NE 2000 clone at i/o 0x4000, irq 255. NE*000 ethercard probe at 0x4000: unable to get IRQ 255 (irqval=-22). ne.c: Probe of PCI card at 0x4000 failed. ne2k-pci.c:v0.99L 2/7/98 D. Becker/P. Gortmaker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linu x/drivers/ne2k-pci.html WARNING: The PCI BIOS assigned this PCI NE2k card to IRQ 255, which is unlikely to work!. You should use the PCI BIOS setup to assign a valid IRQ line. ne2k-pci.c: PCI NE2000 clone 'RealTek RTL-8029' at I/O 0x4000, IRQ 255. eth1: PCI NE2000 found at 0x4000, IRQ 255, 00:80:C8:C0:EB:76. >From /etc/conf.modules alias eth0 ne alias eth1 ne2k-pci options ne io=0x2c0 irq=10 path[boot]=/lib/modules >From /etc/modules #auto ne ne2k-pci ip_alias ip_masq_quake ip_masq_raudio rarp ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Rademaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Patrick Kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 12:00 PM Subject: Re: PCI BIOS problems > An irq of 255 ????? Can't be!! > io of 0x4000 ????? > > You are using the ne driver... that one is for ISA ne compatible network > cards and should ALWAYS be used in combination with the option io=0xXXXX > and optional with irq=XX > I guess you should try using the ne2k-pci driver, or insert the module > with arguments where the card is (if you don't know that, check the card > for any jumpers...). > > Ron > > > > On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Patrick Kirk wrote: > > > Hi all. > > > > Can anyone say how to stop the PCI D-Link 528 card taking an IRQ of 255 in > > this 1996 system using Phoenix BIOS 4.4? I had it go wrong on a friend's > > machine during installation and its driving me nuts as I have to go back > > today. > > > > ne.c PCI BIOS reports NE 2000 close at io0x4000 irq=255 > > NE*000 found at 0x4000 unable to get irq value 255 (irqval=-22) > > ne.c Probe of PCI card at 0x4000 failed > > > > Patrick > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
