--- "Cochran Robert L (NO)" <Robert.L.Cochran@irs.gov> wrote: > In your BIOS setup set 'Plug and Play OS' to 'No'. > Save changes and exit the > BIOS. > > Do you have SCSI cards plugged in? If so remove them > temporarily to see if > you can get the network card working. > > Thanks > > Robert L. Cochran > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert R Baer [mailto:rbaer@csc.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 10:35 AM > To: psyche-list@redhat.com > Subject: Re: Red Hat 8.0 NetGear FA311 > identification and IRQ > assignment. > > > > Hal, > > Thanks for the reply. I agree that it's probably > related to the BIOS. > Although it's a Phoenix BIOS, it is in an HP box, > and they seem to have > stripped the vast majority of the normal options out > to either dumb it down > or cut cost. Either way, no option to either assign > an IRQ to a slot, or > to turn PnP off. All you can do is reserve an IRQ > for a "legacy" board. > Sounds to me that this is more of a "legacy" BIOS. > Bought this machine > second-hand just to learn Linux. I get to jump > right into the guts - I > thought Linux was to the point where I wouldn't need > to know about things > like modprobe, insmod, demesg, interrupts, etc. At > least it's been fun. > > Bob > > > Message: 11 > Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 20:58:37 -0500 > From: Hal Burgiss <hal@foobox.net> > To: psyche-list@redhat.com > Subject: Re: Red Hat 8.0 NetGear FA311 > identification and IRQ assignment. > Reply-To: psyche-list@redhat.com > > On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 12:16:43PM -0500, Robert R > Baer wrote: > > > > Everything else on the system is correctly > identified and works. > > There is very little hardware, and several IRQ's > are free, so this > > shouldn't be a problem. > > > > Anyone have an idea on what to try next? > > Its a BIOS related problem. Do you have an option to > disable PnP, or > non-PnP OS, or some variation of this? > > I have the same card and its worked fine since day > one. In fact, it > exists side by side with an onboard eepro. > > -- > Hal Burgiss > > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
