[Mailman-Users] eth0 Failure

[Amanda]

Yeep. I hope Drake 8.2 is easier than 8.0 was. It gave me a serious headache.
I've gone back to RedHat. ::shrug::

=)
Amanda


Jon Carnes wrote:

> On Monday 22 October 2001 23:49, tom hilton wrote:
> > Hi, I am brand new to linux, and trying to configure my install.  I have
> > a Toshiba Laptop running dual boot with W98 system,  I was wondering if
> > anyone had any suggestions for this problem;  When booting the system
> > gives me delayed initialization of eth0, and error messages saying no
> > high memory resources available.   Looking at the system log, the system
> > probes the two high memory areas set as include in the /etc/pcmcia/config
> > file, and excludes the entire area for both pieces.  I have no idea why
> > this is happening.  Has anyone else run across this.  My ethernet card is
> > a Linksys 100/10 card, that works fine in windows.  I am using tulip in
> > my alias file, I cant ping anything, always get network unavailable
> > error.  are there any commands or programs that analyze I/O usage in
> > Linux, or that can restrict the system from probing and excluding these
> > areas set aside for my ethernet card?  when i run cardctl and cardconfig,
> > I never get any irq or io info.  I dont know if PnP is messing things up
> > or not.  any ideas?  Thanks for your help.
> >
> <Gentle nudge> This is the wrong group for a hardware config problem in
> Linux </Gn>
>
> Check out your local LUG (linux users group).  You will be able locate it
> with the help of:
>   http://www.google.com
>
> There are specific help HOW-TO's for toshiba's that are as specific as your
> Toshiba.  You will probably need to look up your laptop on one of those.
> The problem is probably with your PCMCIA, and the answer to your question
> is probably as simple as entering your BIOS and toggling the way your
> Toshiba represents it PCMCIA slot to the computer's OS.
>
> BTW: your LUG will need to know what type of laptop you have, and what
> distribution of Linux you are using.  Since you are a beginning user, I
> would highly recommend Mandrake 8.2.  The auto-setup is very comprehensive
> and complete, and the distribution is highly compatible with RedHat.
>
> Jon Carnes
>
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