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John Chambers wrote in a message to Mike Bilow: JC> | However, I can tell you right now that the most common JC> reason for a 3C509 card | to fail under Linux is that you JC> have it set in PnP mode. One reason this is | common is JC> because that is how they leave the factory now. To change JC> this, you | need to run the "3C5X9CFG" utility (under DOS) JC> that comes on the Etherdisk. JC> Aha! A new clue. I shut down linux, booted W95, told it to JC> go to DOS mode, stuffed the diskette in the slotte, went JC> to A: and typed a 3C5X9CFG command. It gave me a couple of JC> startup messages, and hung. 15 minutes later it still JC> hadn't said a thing. I suspect that this isn't how it's JC> supposed to work. (But what do I know?) I also JC> rebooted to the same point, and typed "3C5X9CFG RUN" like JC> the booklet suggests. That gave the same startup messages, JC> and went silent. No, you run that utility under DOS, not "Windows 95 in DOS mode." Don't shut down Windows 95 to DOS mode. In order to run the 3Com utility, you should hit the F8 key as soon as you see the "Starting Windows 95..." message during the boot, and then choose "Command prompt only." Then you can run 3C5X9CFG. JC> I'd surmise that the card is dead, except that when I ask JC> W95 about it, it tells me stuff. It couldn't likely JC> know that stuff (brand name, model number, IRQ 10, IO JC> address 300) unless it had talked to the card, right? So JC> the card must actually be alive. The card is probably fine, but in PnP mode. JC> (I'm starting to suspect that a second NIC just isn't JC> doable by a dummy like me. It's not that bad. -- Mike
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