Re: Installing a NIC

[cjgidman@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

I've downloaded eexpress.c from cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov which according to the HOWTO is a diagnostic tool that works with this card.  According to the source code, it also SETS the EEPROM.  Has anyone used this and had any luck with it.  I really don't want to have to try to boot from a DOS floppy to set this thing.

Also, I checked /proc/ioports (I think that's the file) and it looks like 0x300-0x31F is free, so I'm going to set the memory location to that.  I'll probably set the IRQ to 10.  Anybody see any problems with that?  How can I check for IRQ conflicts?

Thanks for the tip on how to load the driver as a module.  I have no Red Hat dox.  I was going to have to read yet another HOWTO to find that little tidbit.

Chris.

 ---- you wrote: 
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> To echo others' recomendations, check the intel
> site for the driver disk. This includes the utility to
> configure (hence obtain) settings for the card that
> are needed to get the card running.

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