From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 30 Mar 2001 13:17:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 30 Mar 2001 13:17:29 -0500 Received: from tomts8.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.52]:29832 "EHLO tomts8-srv.bellnexxia.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 30 Mar 2001 13:17:14 -0500 Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 13:16:14 -0500 From: Tim Coleman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RTL8139 conflicting with hard drive? Message-ID: <20010330131614.A744@tux.epenguin.org> In-Reply-To: <20010330085208.A428@tux.epenguin.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.12i In-Reply-To: <20010330085208.A428@tux.epenguin.org>; from tim@epenguin.org on Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 08:52:08AM -0500 X-PGP-Key: finger tim@beastor.epenguin.org X-Operating-System: Linux 2.4.1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 08:52:08AM -0500, Tim Coleman wrote: > I'm having a problem with a NIC I tried to install this morning. > The chip on the NIC says its an RTL-8139B (it's a generic brand > NIC, and I didn't really need anything fancy). > > When I install the NIC, and try to boot, the kernel complains > about not being able to find the root device. If I take it out, > everything is fine. I'm using kernel version 2.4.1, and my > motherboard is an Asus A7V. > > I already have one RTL-8139B NIC installed, and it's just fine. > > I also noticed that the kernel seemed to detect it as an IDE > controller, because two more IDE devices showed up in the boot > messages. > > What could cause this? More importantly, what's a good remedy? Sorry about posting that. I figured out what I was doing wrong, and everything works now. The new NIC I put in was stealing the hardware addresses used by my IDE controller. A change to lilo.conf fixed everything. -- Tim Coleman [43.28 N 80.31 W] Software Developer/Systems Administrator/RDBMS Specialist/Linux Advocate University of Waterloo Honours Co-op Combinatorics & Optimization "Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company." -- Mark Twain