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> I used a dos utilities disc
> to configure the card.. I set it at i/o 340 and irq 3 so as not to
> conflict with my sb 16 sound card.But it is not recognized on liloboot
> up. then edited my etc/config module.
> first ne=0x340 then ether=0, 0x340. each time when rebooting The
> soundcard modules fail and say urecognizable ne module as well as
> ether module dependig on which line was in etc/modules

>> I used a dos utilities disc
>> to configure the card.. I set it at i/o 340 and irq 3 so as not to
>> conflict with my sb 16 sound card.But it is not recognized on liloboot
>> up. then edited my etc/config module.
>> first ne=0x340 then ether=0, 0x340. each time when rebooting The
>> soundcard modules fail and say urecognizable ne module as well as
>> ether module dependig on which line was in etc/modules

>I believe the syntax you need in /etc/conf.modules goes like so:
>   alias eth0 ne
>   options ne irq=3 io=0x340
>   alias sound sb16
>   options sb16 irq=5 io=0x220 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330
>   # replace those values with the actual ones from your card
>Messing up those lines can have effects similar to what you describe.
>I'm not even sure if your conf.modules was correct at any point, since
>the message above is semi-incoherent.

>Please also note that ttyS1 (COM2 under MS-DOG) uses IRQ 3 by default,
>so you will probably have to disable that serial port in the BIOS to get
>your ne2000 to work.

>If you continue to have problems, you can get an ne2000 PCI card for
>$CHEAP most places, and PCI cards are a hell of a lot easier to set up
>in general.  You probably won't have to disable ttyS1 either....

>> I used a dos utilities disc
>> to configure the card.. I set it at i/o 340 and irq 3 so as not to
>> conflict with my sb 16 sound card.But it is not recognized on liloboot
>> up. then edited my etc/config module.
>> first ne=0x340 then ether=0, 0x340. each time when rebooting The
>> soundcard modules fail and say urecognizable ne module as well as
>> ether module dependig on which line was in etc/modules

>I believe the syntax you need in /etc/conf.modules goes like so:
>   alias eth0 ne
>   options ne irq=3 io=0x340
>   alias sound sb16
>   options sb16 irq=5 io=0x220 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330
>   # replace those values with the actual ones from your card
>Messing up those lines can have effects similar to what you describe.
>I'm not even sure if your conf.modules was correct at any point, since
>the message above is semi-incoherent.

>Please also note that ttyS1 (COM2 under MS-DOG) uses IRQ 3 by default,
>so you will probably have to disable that serial port in the BIOS to get
>your ne2000 to work.

>If you continue to have problems, you can get an ne2000 PCI card for
>$CHEAP most places, and PCI cards are a hell of a lot easier to set up
>in general.  You probably won't have to disable ttyS1 either....