[WBEL-users] Re: Whitebox-users Digest, Vol 14, Issue 4

[Scott Silva]

James Saint Onge spake the following on 2/7/2006 6:45 PM:
> I did try 2 different slots some of the long one's and the short ones. I
> also have
> 2 different cars a 64bit (long slot server) NIC and a standard short one
> but they both
> did the same thing.
> 
> That was a good suggestion though!
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 10:36 +0100, khaqq wrote:
>> On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 19:13:03 -0800
>> James Saint Onge <meljam at cox.net <mailto:meljam at cox.net>> wrote:
>>
>> > Can some one help me?
>> > 
>> > I just installed WBEL4 and I updated everything that needed it. I have
>> > one small issue. When
>> > I try to add a 2nd NIC OS hangs an the "INI swap file" no matter which
>> > NIC I add it still locks up.
>> > 
>> > I need to use the sever as a firewall for my website since I am running
>> > multiple virtual domains. 
>> > 
>> > Can someone please tell me the best way to add a 2nd NIC?
>> > 
>> > Thanks Very Much!
>>
>> My guess is that you're trying to put a 2nd NIC in a brainded PCI slot
>> that wrongly share ressources with your IDE controller. 
>> Have you got other available PCI slots ?
Is the first Nic a card or is it built-in? Maybe you could try disabling the
first if it is internal, and try 2 pci nics.


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