two ethernet cards in a linux box
Rodney Thayer
rodney at sabletech.com
Mon Oct 23 15:55:47 EDT 1995
doesn't work with lilo. Both of us found that.
At 03:01 PM 10/23/95 -0400, you wrote:
> > I use TWO NE-2000 clone cards. I configure the first at i/o 300 irq
5, and
> > the second at i/o 340 irq 14.
>
> Linux is currently designed to only check for one particular card. If
> you had two _different_ ethernet cards, Linux would find them via
> autoprobe, without a problem. E.g., if you had an NE2000 and a 3c509,
> Linux would find both cards.
>
> You needed to make modifications because you have two of the same
> card, and the current ethernet drivers aren't made to probe for more
> than one card. This might be considered a bug, by some. ;)
>
>If you read the Ethernet HOWTO, I believe you will find that it is
>possible to configure ethernet devices w/ lilo.
>
> Dan Demus
> dan at paragon.com
>
>
>
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