Re: Digital Venturis P166 thin clients problems

I haven't been following this thread, but it sounds similar to a problem 
I've been having with a few old HP Vecra boxes - they just don't boot 
(black screen) with the cards installed. Nor can I access BIOS to tell 
remove hard drives etc. Probably a conflict/standards problem.

Sam

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Tim Bates wrote:

>>I've tried debian without that NIC and it boots fine, so I'm sure it's a
>>NIC/board conflict.  Bugger.
> 
> 
> Im using an Intel Pro 100 NIC in the one I set up. Was the first bootable
> card I could scavenge  :)   I guess maybe the module for the realtek's
> doesnt like something on the mothboard or in the chipset. Maybe check the
> kernel module docs for the 8139 module. There might be something about the
> digital systems or the chipset they used.
> 
> Tim
> 
> 
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