Thanks for the advice! Unfortunately, it didn't work: no device was
recognized. :-( Ah well. So, I'm going to switch gears and try to get my
ethernet cards recognized.
But first things first: how do _I_ recognize the cards? They look pretty
generic to me. One says (on the chip itself): NE2000 Compatible Plug & Play
(PnP). The other says nothing of the sort. It's got "LAN" -- apparently from
Texas Instruments on the chip. The other chip says Olicom...
And so my journey goes, trying to figure out the world of the x86!
Russell
On Thursday 19 July 2001 13:21, you wrote:
> Since you're using the install kernel instead of 2.4, you'll have to use
> isapnp (I assume the cards are pnp) to get the cards working.
>
> enter as root
>
> /usr/sbin/pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf
>
> edit the created /etc/isapnp.conf file, which contains possible selections
> for all the pnp cards' irq and port addresses. Pick one group and
> uncomment the first character (#) from the choice's line.
> You also have to uncomment at the end of each section also (I think it is a
> line with ACTY or something similar)
>
> after saving the file, run as root
>
> isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf
>
> and see if your cards are recognized. If so, then you can install the
> module for those cards, using the same irq and io.
>
> scott
>
> Russell Hires wrote:
> > Hey everyone,
> >
> > I've got this old x86 machine (my first one!) that I just installed
> > Debian on, but because it's so old I've got ISA slots, not PCI. Debian's
> > potato installer didn't recognize the ISA ethernet cards, but I've got
> > two serial ports...hopefully one of them is a modem -- I'll have to make
> > sure it isn't a WinModem, though. How would I do that? Anyway, assuming I
> > can use a modem via a serial port, how would I create a null modem
> > connection from my PowerMac-Linux to my x86-Linux? They're both running
> > Debian (isn't that cool?
> >
> > :-), if that makes any difference. I want to be able to get the kernel
> > : source
> >
> > from the PowerMac to the x86 box via this null modem connection: a phone
> > line is about all they have in common, hardware-wise...
> >
> > I also checked linuxdoc.org, and the HOWTOs there are mostly about null
> > modem from Linux to Windows...If anyone wants to point to documentation
> > on this, that would be great, too.
> >
> > Thanks for the help!
> >
> > Russell
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