[mythtv-users] NIC pundit [SOLVED]

[Duarte Cordeiro]

You're absolutelly correct, but my pundit just came preconfigured like that,
and W$ndows worked without changing anything.
So I never looked to that option while trying to solve my problem. Just
figured out that something was wrong when I plugged a 3com card, and
received the same "no IRQ know...".

I just wanted to engrave this "solution" in the mailing list archive :) (I
tend to always find ppl with the same problems that I have, but they tend
not to post the solution back to the same place; I'm just trying to help
future users with the same problem.)

On another note, a 350-pvr CAN fit in a pundit, you just have to try harder
(literally)!!

-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Chris Petersen
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 4:19 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] NIC pundit [SOLVED]


> After trying gentoo, redhat and core, I turned to the BIOS to find a 
> solution. It seems that Linux (until 2.4 at least) isn't "Plug and 
> play OS" per ASUS definition. If I turn that option OFF, everything 
> works.

the "plug and play OS" option in the BIOS refers to whether or not to let 
the BIOS or the OS choose the IRQ and other allocations for the PCI and 
other busses.  Generally speaking, the BIOS is better than *any* OS at 
doing this, and this option should always be set to "no" unless you're 
having trouble (on any machine, not just the pundit).

-Chris