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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 10Base-T Ethernet LAN Adapter - HP product
Date: 18 May 1996 22:27:36 GMT
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Paul Orr <paul.orr@compass-da.com> wrote:

> This thing claims NE2100 compatibility.  When I boot
> from floppy to start the install of FreeBSD it hangs 
> just as it gets to the card.  It pops out on screen with:
> 
> lnc1 at 0x300-0x317 irq 10 drq 0 on isa
> 
> but that's it.  From then on it's frozen.  Is it not
> usable with FreeBSD?  Any comments?

Are you sure the irq is correct?  I remember that the predecessor of
the lnc driver (`is') hung on my Isolink card when the irq's of the
driver and the card mismatched.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
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