On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 02:59:07PM -0700, Eric Richardson wrote: | dman wrote: | | >On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 01:46:28PM -0700, Eric Richardson wrote: | >| Hi, | >| | >| I'm trying to get a second identical network card to work and need some | >| assistance. The card is a AMD PCnet-ISA+ (a pnp card) that uses the | >| lance.o module. When installing I was able to get one card working by | >| adding io=0x300. The module assigns IRQ 3 and DMA 5 when loaded. I am | >| using DHCP to get an IP address for eth0. I also tried both cards | >| individually so I know both cards work. Here is what I tried so far. | > | >Did you try each card with base IO of 0x300? | | I tried both with io=0x300 as set up from the install but only | individually(one card in the box at a time). Should I try modconf to | see if I can get one to respond on other than than 0x300 or do I | have to have to have a DOS utility to set the second card with a | different base io? [...] | >| I don't know if I have to reset the setting on the card so one card | >| will look for 0x320 or what but found something on the web to that | >| effect. | > | >Yes, you need to configure one card to use a different IO address than | >the other. (they can share IRQs, but that hurts performance)
Since the cards are PnP, you'll probably need to use a DOS utility to change the card's settings. Perhaps you can get isapnp or some linux tool to do it, but I haven't tried. | Okay, if I'm not running DOS, is there anyway to run it so I can | configure to second card without loading windows? Am I missing | something? You could stick the card in a DOS box, or make a boot floppy to run DOS from. Boot DOS from the floppy, then put the floppy with the util on it in and run it, then reboot back to debian. -D -- "He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." --Jim Elliot