New NIC isn't detected by linux!?

[Franklin, Joel]

1. Download the drivers from 3COM's web site. Put 3C509.EXE on a bootable
DOS disk.
2. Boot to DOS
3. Run 3C5X9CFG.EXE (available in the driver downloads from 3COM's web site)
4. Configure the card as non-PnP and note what resources it uses. Test it
while you're at it. If you've got another 3C509, do an echo test; this will
guarantee the functionality of the card at the hardware level.
    (standard warning about resource conflicts)
5. If the motherboard BIOS on your Linux box supports it, specify the
resources being used by the network card as unavailable for PnP devices.
6. If that doesn't work, try using the card in PnP mode. Rots of ruck...
 
 
 
 -----Original Message-----
From: jared [mailto:jared at mail.ru]
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 8:50 AM
To: kclug at kclug.org
Subject: Re: New NIC isn't detected by linux!?

I've narrowed the problem down to the PnP motherboard that I'm using.
Apparently even though i turn off plug & play, It still inits all of the PnP
cards at startup, which makes it hard for unix to detect the cards.  Stupid
Asus :(
Any ideas?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: jared <mailto:jared at mail.ru>  
To: kclug at kclug.org <mailto:kclug at kclug.org>  
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 7:44 PM
Subject: New NIC isn't detected by linux!?

I have tried to install both Debian 2.2 and Redhat 7.0 and neither of them
will take use of my 3com 509b NIC.  This card used to be used in another
debian machine of mine and i KNOW that I have selected the proper module for
the debian installation, which says it has successfully been installed.
After I reboot the machine and login, "ifconfig" does not report a running
eth0 and there are no /dev/eth* entries.   If anybody has any clue what is
wrong here, please let me know.  As of now, my only idea is to try to save
up to replace the motherboard.
 
   Jared