Peter,
For the 3Com ISA 509 card, try adding:
alias eth0 3c509
to your
/etc/conf.modules
Regards
Gustav
peter wrote:
>
> Yesterday I successfully installed rh6.2 on my 486/66 computer (64MB
> RAM), but the ethernet card doesn't work.
>
> I have tried three different cards: a 3c590-TPO (PCI), 3c900 (PCI), and
> 3c509 (ISA) all with the same failure.
>
> The OS recognizes the cards through PNP when I put them in and it even
> tells me properly what the model is that it has detected.
>
> But during the re-boot process I see the following error message:
>
> insmod /lib/modules/2.2.15-2.5.0/net/3c59x.o: insmod eth0 failed
> Delaying eth0 installation
>
> The module 3c59x.o is indeed in that directory. I've checked.
>
> But "dmesg" shows no signs that "eth0" is present
>
> And "ifconfig -a" shows only "lo" (loopback) -- not "eth0" (the ethernet
> card).
>
> To reduce a possible irq conflict I have temporarily disabled the
> CD-ROM, but that didn't help. I have a MACH64 video card in it, but
> there are still many irq's left including 10, which is often used for an
> ethernet card. The only ones used up are 0,1,2,4,8,13,14.
>
> Do I need to recompile the kernel with the ethernet card module?
>
> Does anyone have a different recommendation on what I could try next?
>
> Thanks
>
> Peter
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