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  From: Geoffrey D. Bennett <g@netcraft.com.au>
  To  : Don Collins <dcollins@spf15.jorn.gov.au>
  Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 10:11:08 +0930 (CST)

Re: Plug'n'Pray ethernet card

> Hi all,
> I've just upgraded my 486DX-33 to a 686-P200+  (16.59bogomips to
> 159.76bogomips).  I also  installed a PCI-Plug'n'Pray NE2000 compat.
> Ethernet card.  The problem I have is that Linux (RH4.2) doesn't
> know what the card setup is.   I have added the following to
> conf.modules 'alias eth0 ne' but all I get is that Linux cannot
> autodetect an 'ne' card.  hmph.  How, in Linux, can I find out the
> IO and IRQ settings for the card.  I can use the DOS setup disk but
> don't think Linux relying on DOS is really what I (or you) want.
> Any clues?

Hi Don,

Running 'cat /proc/pci' will give you the IO and IRQ settings of your
PCI cards.

BTW, please break your lines at ~70 chars!

Regards,
-- 
Geoffrey D. Bennett (geoffrey@netcraft.com.au)
Computer Systems Manager, NetCraft Australia
http://www.netcraft.com.au/geoffrey/
Red Hat Linux Resellers: http://www.netcraft.com.au/redhat/