Hi, I'm trying to install Debian 2.2.r3 for the first time on a Compaq Deskpro EPK500. I have managed to get most things working (in at least a basic fashion) with the exception of the Ethernet card. I can set the card to be DCHP and if I do an ifconfig it has an address. However that's where the functionality ends. A look in /var/messages has produced this message (as well as some diagnostic stuff which says the card checksum is OK etc.): eepro100.c The PCI BIOS has not enabled this device! Updating PCI command 0003 -> 0007 eth0: Invalid EEPROM checksum 0xff00, check settings before activating this device.
Now I know the card is an Intel EtherExpress Pro 100 with management capability. I also checked that the card isn't busted by installing Mandrake which happily goes on and detects the card. It also sets up the card which then works a treat. My guess is that I should place some initialisation parameters in the setup for the card but I'm not sure. Has anyone any ideas? Thanks in advance. Robert. FT Knowledge - World Business Education FTdynamo, the new management website from FT Knowledge, where the latest in business thinking is put into context and delivered to your desktop, is now live. Visit us at http://www.ftdynamo.com and register for a FREE two week trial subscription. www.ftknowledge.com The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Nothing in this email is intended to create a legally binding relationship and FT Knowledge will not accept responsibility for loss to any person acting or refraining from acting as a result of this email.
