Configure a Token-Ring Card from the Setup Program

5.2.2 Configure a Token-Ring Card from the Setup Program

You can choose to install and configure your token-ring card from the beginning of the installation.
The only supported IBM Token-Ring card is the IBM Turbo 16/4 ISA Adapter.
Before you begin the configuration make sure that the token-ring card is in auto 16/4 compatibility mode as explained earlier, see the beginning of Chapter 5, 'Installing Your Server with Token-Ring'.
We will now go through the installation steps.

1.  First you will need to disable the Ethernet card on the planar, see 5.1. 'Disable the Ethernet Card on Planar'.

     +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
     | Red Hat Linux (c) 1998 Red Hat Software                 Configure Networking|
     |                                                                             |
     |                 +---------------| Load Module |----------------+            |
     |                 |                                              |            |
     |                 | Which driver should I try?                   |            |
     |                 |                                              |            |
     |                 |   PLIP (parallel port)                       |            |
     |                 |   SMC 9000 series                            |            |
     |                 |   SMC Ultra                                  |            |
     |                 |   SMC Ultra 32                               |            |
     |                 |   Token Ring                                 |            |
     |                 |   WD8003, WD8013 and compatible              |            |
     |                 |                                              |            |
     |                 |     +----+                  +----+           |            |
     |                 |     |    |                  |    |           |            |
     |                 |     | Ok |                  |Back|           |            |
     |                 |     |    |                  |    |           |            |
     |                 |     +----+                  +----+           |            |
     |                 +----------------------------------------------+            |
     |                                                                             |
     | <Tab>/<Alt-Tab> between elements  |  <Space> selects  |  <F12> next screen  |
     +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
     Figure 71. Load Module 

2.  See the appropriate Installation sections in this document for your server on  how to install the token-ring card. When you get to the Configure Networking  section you will be asked what driver should be loaded. Select Token Ring and  press Ok to continue.

     +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
     | Red Hat Linux (c) 1998 Red Hat Software                 Configure Networking|
     |                                                                             |
     |   +-------------------------| Module Options |-------------------------+    |
     |   |                                                                    |    |
     |   | In some cases, the ibmtr driver needs to have extra information to |    |
     |   | work properly, although it normally works fine without. Would you  |    |
     |   | like to specify extra options for it or allow the driver to probe  |    |
     |   | your machine for the information it needs? Ocassionally, probing   |    |
     |   | will hang a computer, but it should not cause any damage.          |    |
     |   |                                                                    |    |
     |   |                           Autoprobe                                |    |
     |   |                           Specify options                          |    |
     |   |                                                                    |    |
     |   |            +----+                                +----+            |    |
     |   |            |    |                                |    |            |    |
     |   |            | Ok |                                |Back|            |    |
     |   |            |    |                                |    |            |    |
     |   |            +----+                                +----+            |    |
     |   +--------------------------------------------------------------------+    |
     |                                                                             |
     | <Tab>/<Alt-Tab> between elements  |  <Space> selects  |  <F12> next screen  |
     +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
     Figure 72. Module Option 

3.  You will then be asked if you want to specify extra options or allow autoprobe  to get the information. For this install we used Autoprobe. Select Autoprobe  and press Ok to continue.

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