Re: [WBEL-users] installing an RTL8019 ISA Cards ?

On Sat, 4 Nov 2006 08:16:40 -0500
Robert Heller <[email protected]> wrote:

> At Sat, 4 Nov 2006 10:40:51 +0100 "Philippe Couas" <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > Hi,
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> > How could i install an RTL8019 ISA network card EN2000 pnp?
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> > Eth0 is not visible ?
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> You can't use an ISAPNP card with the *stock* 2.6.9 kernel shipped with
> RHEL 4 (and CentOS 4 and WBL 4).  You will have to re-build the kernel
> from sources.   You need to turn on CONFIG_ISAPNP and turn on the
> various ISA driver modules.  *Even if you do that*, you might still have
> trouble.  You might be better off just getting a PCI NIC.  The Linksys
> 10/100 cards available at Radio Shack for US$30-US$40 work out-of-the-box.

You might also want to check ebay. Everyone is getting rid of perfectly
fine 3C905Cs and i82558/i82559s boards. I got mine for $3 apiece.

khaqq