Aniruddh, I can see the card when I do cat /proc/pci... so it is in the kernel ? this card has the same irq that one of my usb, can that be problem.. but I have heard we can run many pci cards with same IRQ. Please suggest me, Thanks, Nitin --- "Patwardhan, Aniruddha" <Aniruddha_Patwardhan@bmc.com> wrote: > Hi Nitin, > > One probable reason is you not included support for > this card during kernel > compilation. > What you can do is find the driver in the sources, > compile it and insert it > in the kernel > now try to initialize eth0 using ifconfig. > > It works you can automate this task by putting > insmod command in required rc > script > > HTS > -Aniruddha > > -----Original Message----- > From: nitin panjwani [mailto:nitin_rpr@yahoo.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 7:44 AM > To: kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org > Subject: delaying eth0 initialization > > > Hi Folks, > I have PC with 3com's card c3509B. At the boot time > I > can see thet eth0 is bit kernel shows the failed > message and I am getting the following error: > > eth0 not installed delaying initialization. > Can anyone please tell me what can be the problem. > Thanks, > Nitin > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux > kernel. > Archive: > http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux > kernel. > Archive: > http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/