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From: Indis@
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Install question: PCI ethernet not detected
Date: 5 Apr 1996 16:36:10 GMT
Organization: Space Research Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences
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In <4k3df9$neg@mx.iki.rssi.ru>, Indis@ writes:
> I have Intel Pentium motherboard (Zappa) with PCI PNP ethernet card. This card
>is ADM's Lance NE2100 compatible ... do supported by FreeBSD (actually it is
>my guess based upon FreeBSD FAQ). Anyhow I cannot chage ethernet card's IO
>address - FreeBSD doen't allow 0xFF80 which I have. 

Sorry I've found answer, !! I was too lazy to use manual configuration in
"custom boot", the highest possible IO address 0x2000 is only VISUAL
limitation... in manual mode I've simply issued io lnc1 0xff80 ... and it was set!
Ethernet detected!

Resume: Let it be (command line interface :-) !