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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bruce.cs.monash.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!comlab.ox.ac.uk!olis.lib.ox.ac.uk!JOSE From: JOSE@olis.lib.ox.ac.uk Subject: FreeBSD: Ethernet IRQ problem on install Message-ID: <16F6011A70S85.JOSE@olis.lib.ox.ac.uk> Organization: Libraries Automation Service Date: Thu, 17 Feb 94 20:05:04 GMT Lines: 14 I am trying to install FreeBSD-1.0-RELEASE on a 486DX 16Mb machine. I would like to install FreeBSD on this machine using the FTP method but am having problems. The installation notes tell me to set the ethernet card to use IRQ 5 (it's a SMC card) but if I do this then I get a message card not probed (conflict with wt0) on startup. I assume this is because I have a QIC-02 tape unit in this PC which is also on IRQ 5. My question: Is there any way I can modify the install disks to allow me to use another IRQ for the ethernet card? (I would like to avoid having to re-configure the tape unit as the controller card is difficult to get at). I have tried NetBSD 0.9 which wants a different IRQ but this gives me 'extra interrupt' messages and leaves the machine in a funny state so I don't have much faith in it on my hardware, is there a more recent NetBSD around?