isa card not auto detected at boot up???Forum: Networking Topic: isa card not auto detected at boot up??? started by: len Posted by len on Sep. 12 2004,22:10
used the dos utility 3c5x9cfg.exe to auto config the card. i did change the irq to 11, and then selected auto config after that, and it changed it to 10. card is not pnp as per a bunch of web tutorials.how do i get this NIC detected at boot up, or after boot up? i tried to change the network settings after the install, yet it still comes up with no card detected. i'm assuming that i need to edit a file to make it work. help would be appreciated, esp as i have a bunch of old systems, and 3c509b NICs that i'd like to use.... Posted by cbagger01 on Sep. 12 2004,23:06
You need to manually install the nic drivers for most isa cards.Try opening an xterm an type: sudo su modprobe 3c509 irq=11 netcardconfig exit You also may get success without supplying the irq, ie: modprobe 3c509 Posted by len on Sep. 13 2004,03:45
i tried modprobe 3c509 without the irq, and this did not work. i'll retry with, and see what happens. Posted by len on Oct. 02 2004,19:31
cbagger01, netcardconfig did the trick!
Posted by pedrito91 on Oct. 11 2004,09:17
Hi,I have the same problem. This trip corrects my trouble. How could I insert it in a boot script in order to avoid typing it each time I reboot? (In particular, I would like to force DHCP mode without user confirm). Thanks Posted by pedrito91 on Oct. 11 2004,09:20
I forgot: I have liveCD
Posted by cbagger01 on Oct. 11 2004,20:46
Try placing the exact commands into your /opt/bootlocal.sh fileThen use the DSL backup/restore process to save this file to a storage device like a USB drive, a hard drive or even a floppy disk. Then reboot using the restore command and it should automatically configure your card again. Posted by doom4 on Oct. 12 2004,19:33
if you dont want to work with a restore device but want to add this to the file you can do the following. if you have access to a running linux system try
KNOPPIX = the big knoppix file in the knoppix dir from the live cd now change the entry in the bootlocal.sh unmount /cdrom and burn the livecd with the modified knoppix fle Posted by ufischer on Oct. 24 2004,02:14
putting modprobe 3c509 (without the irq) and netcardconfig in /opt/bootlocal works but I still get a pop-up window asking me whether I want to use DHCP or not. I always just hit enter, but it would be better if I could set a parameter somewhere to automatically choose DHCP. Is that possible?P
Posted by cbagger01 on Oct. 24 2004,04:00
Yes.Open up the netcardconfig script with the "Scite" text editor and write down the commands that you use for your computer (IE: the "use DHCP" branch of the script). Then save these commands into your bootlocal.sh after your modprobe. Then you don't need to call netcardconfig any more and you won't get a pop-up window any more. Posted by ufischer on Oct. 24 2004,05:29
Thank you chaggar01. I decided to just comment out the if then fi lines that brought up the dialogue and let the script do its thing as it would if the dialogue had returned YES to the DHCP question. That seems to work and doesn't require me to figure out the scripting language beyond deciphering how it handles if then else fi statements. I made a copy of /usr/sbin/netcardconfig into netcardconfigdhcp and edited it with Nano to put # in front of the if statement line that brought up the dialogue with MESSAGE2 and the following then and matching fi statements. It might be useful to include this modified file in the CD image for those of us with limited knowledge of this weird scripting language and with ADSL / Cable modem / LAN based internet connections using DHCP to distribute IP addresses. I suspect that a large % of PC users fall into this category these days. Probably about the same % of PC users that is so pissed off with MicroSoft's exorbitant bugware that we're looking around for alternative operating systems.
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