[wellylug] Coyote and 3Com 509 cards
Lindsay Hunter
klhunter at paradise.net.nz
Fri Mar 29 13:27:37 NZST 2002
Coyote (http://www.coyotelinux.com/docs/) asks you to nominate the cards (
s ) or nominate and provide settings. With PnP auto, it will start one card
but not two.
Can the Linux 3c509 driver set the address and IRQ?
Lindsay
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Centurion [mailto:Centurion at paradise.net.nz]
> Sent: Friday, 29 March, 2002 12:46
> To: wellylug at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [wellylug] Coyote and 3Com 509 cards
>
>
> Try booting up with only one card, and then install the second next time
> around, oh and by the way, make sure pnp os = yes in the bios first (that
> is if coyote uses plug and play auto config).
> I am assuming that the cards don't have allow manual jumper settings.
> NB I have never used coyote, but if it uses a boot manager like lilo then
> if you have used 3C5X9CFG.EXE to manually set the io port and
> irq then you
> will have to specify them as boot parameters, which I would imagine coyote
> would let you do.
>
> If all else fails get yourself a different brand second card.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Regards,
>
> Daniel
>
>
>
> On 2002.03.29 11:01 Lindsay Hunter wrote:
> > I need some expereince here. Compaq 486/66 Prolinea, installed two
> > identical (?) 3Com509B NICs with a view to installing CoyoteLinux LRP.
> >
> > Clash on boot one. Cards are PNP, identical so are using the same
> > address
> > space and IRQ. So disable card two PnP (using the alpha priority
> > described
> > in Linux docs somewhere) and manually changing the 10/300 to
> 7/340 but to
> > no
> > avail. Coyote FAQ says
> >
> > "Q: I’m having problems with the 3com 509 [series] NICs.
> >
> > A: As mentioned in the documentation, the 509’s aren’t to have their IRQ
> > and
> > I/O set manually – leave it to the probe to detect the settings.
> >
> > If you really find there’s problems, try using the DOS-level program
> > called
> > 3C5X9CFG.EXE (228K) to set the card's IRQ and memory range. There’s also
> > this MS batch file (4K) to disable Plug and Play."
> >
> > Reponse of Linux is "unknown interface." When in standard config, only
> > one
> > card would install. Turn off the 'second' card PNP and change the IRQ
> > and
> > address. No change. Turn both off, configured as 10/300 and 7/340 and
> > all
> > unknown. What's my problem? Can the order of the cards be significant
> > here? This must be a familiar problem to someone? :-)
> >
> > Lindsay
> > virus tyro
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Lindsay Hunter [mailto:klhunter at paradise.net.nz]
> > > Sent: Saturday, 23 March, 2002 23:04
> > > To: wellylug at yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: RE: [wellylug] Virus
> > >
> > >
> > > Yes, I use Mozilla 0.9.9 and it works well. You were going to suggest
> > a
> > > solution to the plugin problem with the BNZ?
> > >
> > > Lindsay
> > > dejected
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Mark [mailto:mark at incet.com]
> > > > Sent: Saturday, 23 March, 2002 17:50
> > > > To: wellylug at yahoogroups.com
> > > > Subject: Re: [wellylug] Virus
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi Lindsay,
> > > >
> > > > I can vouch for mozilla these days :))
> > > >
> > > > especially on linux:
> > > >
> > > > handles remote imap over ssl to multiple mail servers at the same
> > time
> > > > can handle mailboxes with 9000+ messages
> > > > has excellent search and filter capability
> > > > doesn't break the mail box :))
> > > > excellent address book, builds from sent and received mail
> > > > can handle mixed pop and imap accounts
> > > >
> > > > only downer is no spell chacking
> > > >
> > > > I have used Mozilla for all my email for the past year and can
> > happily
> > > > say that the bugs I
> > > > have found have been no more frustrating than those in Outlook !!
> > With
> > > > Mozilla 1.0 imminent
> > > > there are no excuses left unless you like pine - my other favourite
> > > > mailer :) recently sent a
> > > > 75MB attachment from pine to local sendmail to remote
> server on a P90
> > > > with 32MB ram - no worries!
> > > >
> > > > cheers
> > > > Mark
> > > >
> > > > Lindsay Hunter wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >I am sorry for that last post. I think I have just been hit by
> > > > an Outlook
> > > > >Virus. My AVG did not pick it up. Yeek!
> > > > >
> > > > >Lindsay
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> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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