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The first thing to try is this:  After you leave Win98, but before you
start Linux, try powering the system off completely for about 30 seconds.
Then, re-start the system in linux and it OUGHT to work fine.  Win98 
doesn't reset the card on shutdown.  It's a rather annoying "feature" 
that is supposed to help them shut down faster...

Erik Tkal wrote:
> 
> > > Folks, if you're not already, please be sure you're running with
> > > the 0.99F (latest beta) driver.  (It works well with my 3C905B.)
> >
> > Can you please post the 3c95x.o for this (web site, e.g.) - or you can send it
> > to me as an attachment. I currently have 0.99E that someone compiled, but I
> > have no experience yet at compiling on Linux (want to get the system working
> > well first... ;-)
> 
> I did get a copy sent to me, saw it this morning, but last night I installed
> the kernel-headers and gcc packages and compiled the driver quite painlessly
> myself (0.99G).
> 
> However, it still does not work right. It still fails to get the DHCP-assigned
> address initially, then sendmail hangs and times out, etc., but about 8 (slow)
> minutes later, I finally get the login prompt. Then ifconfig shows that I did
> get an IP address, but it's always different than the same one I get all the
> time with Win98.
> 
> If I muck around with the card settings (set to 100BaseTX, then back to
> auto-detect, run diagnostics) under DOS boot using 3C90XCFG, then the following
> Linux boots get a DHCP address fine, and it's the "right" one (i.e. the same
> one I always get that seems to be hashed from my MAC address since it follows
> the card between systems). However, if I boot Win98, subsequent Linux boots
> don't work any more, until I muck with the card again. I even tried switching
> slots, still no luck. Once I get it working, it always fails consistently after
> I boot Win98. What the h3ll is Win98 doing to the card such that the Linux
> driver can't get it back?
> 
> I suppose this weekend I will start trying to figure out how to debug the
> driver. Is there a way to not load the driver at boot time? What files do I
> change? Then I do an insmod and ifup after logging in?
> 
> --
>   Erik Tkal - IBM AS/400 Development - 507-253-7915
>   tkal@us.ibm.com  etkal@ibm.net
> 
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