[TAG] 3C509B Does Not Work With Linux -- Problem Solved!

[Chris Gianakopoulos]

Mike Orr wrote:
> Chris Gianakopoulos wrote:
> 
>> This was my first exposure to plug and play hardware when using Linux. 
>> Plug and play was disabled on the 3C509 as recomended in the older 
>> days, and the audio hardware was allocated my sacred I/O address.  As 
>> I can see /proc has lots of useful stuff, but, this is the first time 
>> that I had to use it to troubleshoot a problem.  Cool and fun.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Chris G.
> 
> 
> 
> I used to install 3C509B cards at a hospital.  We always disabled plug & 
> play and set the base address using the DOS utility on the floppy.  We 
> used 0x300 by default, or 0x220 if there was a conflict.

Yea, Ben O. mentioned the lower numbered addresses too (e.g. 0x220).  I 
use those for NE2000 type of cards -- for some reason, I got attached to 
0x300 from my 3C503 days.  (I still use coax these days -- no hubs....).

Good to hear from you Mike.
Regards,
Chris G.


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