[plug] isa network card- new rh 7.3 installation

[Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima]

On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Tim Bowden wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I have just upgraded my old 486 box with a fresh install of rh 7.3.  As 
> usual, it did not
> find my isa network card.  In the past, I have used linuxconf to set it 
> up.  This is no
> longer available.  I do not have Xwindow installed so no access to any 
> graphical tools
> that replace linuxconf.
> 
> How do I set it up? If i load the required module ne.o, how do I provide 
> irq & i/o address?

edit /etc/modules.conf and add:
options ne io=0x300 irq=9
alias eth0 ne
(replace "300" and "9" with correct values)

then as root depmod -a
ifconfig eth0

You should see you're MAC address listed agaist eth0, you can then use
whatever RedHat provide with 7.3 to configure eth0 the rest of the way.


Yours Tony

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