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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:9392 comp.os.386bsd.misc:2094 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!hookup!news.sprintlink.net!news.clark.net!rob-n From: rob-n@clark.net (Rob Newberry) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: FreeBSD Install and NE2000 Date: 25 Mar 1994 04:33:32 GMT Organization: Clark Internet Services, Inc., Ellicott City, MD USA Lines: 16 Message-ID: <2mtpis$bmp@clarknet.clark.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: clark.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I was going to try FreeBSD tonight, since its networking code is supposed to be better than linux, my current system. Unfortunately, the installation guide says that for an NE2000 card to be recognized, it must be at IRQ 5, I/O 0x280. Well, I have two NE2000 compatible cards (yes, just compatibles, but they work fine with linux) and NEITHER of them even has the option of 0x280 -- the lowest they will go is 0x300. My original setup was IRQ 9, and the filesystem-floppy wouldn't even get me to the prompt. I switched to IRQ 5, and I did finally get a prompt, but the card was not recognized. Is there something I can do differently? Please help. Send via email. Thanks! Rob Newberry rob-n@clark.net