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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:9430 comp.os.386bsd.misc:2113 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!MathWorks.Com!yeshua.marcam.com!charnel!olivea!sgigate.sgi.com!sgiblab!cs.uoregon.edu!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!serval!beta.tricity.wsu.edu!msmith From: msmith@beta.tricity.wsu.edu (Mark Smith) Subject: Re: FreeBSD Install and NE2000 Message-ID: <1994Mar25.195741.20033@serval.net.wsu.edu> Sender: news@serval.net.wsu.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Washington State University Tri-Cities References: <2mtpis$bmp@clarknet.clark.net> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 94 19:57:41 GMT Lines: 17 In article <2mtpis$bmp@clarknet.clark.net>, Rob Newberry <rob-n@clark.net> wrote: >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. > Try IRQ 5, I/O 0x300. That's what my NE2000 card is. It should show up as device ed1. Mark