help setting up a ISA nic on linux mandrake 8.2

[mbentley]

hi. i am very new to linux and i just installed mandrake 8.2 on one of my computers. i was hoping that somebody could help me out here. i have tried to install the drivers for my ISA nic, but i can't seem to get it to work. i have read some stuff and i think i may need isa-pnp setup on my machine. i know that i have the files cause i can type "man isapnp" and it comes up, but i have no clue at all on how to set it up. if you can help and need to know more info, just hit me up and i will tell ya whatever it is i can... thanks.

*edit: i am not sure if this is the right place to post this or not... sorry if it's in the wrong place*

[Zoist]

I remember setting up a very old 8-bit D-Link card (DE100-TP)
Basically what I had to do was read the manual and find out what I/O address it uses and also set the IRQ, then I entered that info into the system. And it worked. It was good enough for me as a tempory NIC.

Anyway, where was I. If I were you, I would try and find the I/O address, which looks like 0x300 or similar. You should be able to find this info in the manual or maybe on the NIC itself.

Hope this helps. If your still having probs, write back here again ;)

p.s. What brand and model NIC is it?

[mbentley]

ah, i got it.... i had to disable PnP on the card and manually assign the i/o and irq... thanks anyway :)

[Zoist]

Good stuff.