[olug] Problems with setting up NICs

[Mike Peterson]

The dlink cards also use 8139too and not rtl8139 for the driver.

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:phil at giedi.obix.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 5:40 PM
To: olug at bstc.net
Subject: Re: [olug] Problems with setting up NICs


Don Kauffman wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I've run into a problem trying to install two DLink DFE-530TX+ NICs w/

> the RealTek Chipset rtl8139

       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> append="eth=0,0,eth0,eth=0,0,eth1"
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


RTL8139-based ethernet cards are PCI; the IO port and IRQ are automatically
assigned by the BIOS at system boot.  The IO port and IRQ are also 
automatically determined by the driver when it loads.

The "append=..." line in your lilo.conf is the source of your trouble.
Remove it, re-run lilo, then reboot.

The only time you need to include that line is if you're using a legacy
kernel (ie < 2.4.x) and/or you're using ISA ethernet cards that don't have
an ISAPNP setting.


Phil


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