disable plug and play on isa nic

alkee · 02-12-2002, 07:06 PM

i think my network troubles are caused by pnp vs. manual configuration of the nic. how do i:

* disable plug and play so that it is forced to use the resources defined in rc.modules?

* to use plug and play only, do i just take out the lines in rc.modules and the alias line in modules.conf?

the card is a kingston KNE20T 10mbs isa nic. any advice is greatly appreciated.

alkee

trickykid · 02-12-2002, 08:13 PM

you can disable pnp in the bios...

alkee · 02-12-2002, 08:22 PM

i also found a kingston util called qstart.exe but it must be run from dos. if i boot from a dos floppy and configure the card, will the changes still be in effect when i boot in linux again?

thanks
alkee

trickykid · 02-12-2002, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by alkee
i also found a kingston util called qstart.exe but it must be run from dos. if i boot from a dos floppy and configure the card, will the changes still be in effect when i boot in linux again?

thanks
alkee

in most cases no...

feyenoord · 02-15-2002, 04:00 AM

In my case it worked just fine, boot with dos diskette, run the setup program from diskette, disable PnP , set the IRQ and DMA to your liking, close and reboot. I had a very simple Realtek 8019 ISA NIC.