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From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 10Base-T Ethernet LAN Adapter - HP product
Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 19:08:48 -0700
Organization: Erols Internet Services
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Paul Orr 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?
> 
> Paul Orr

Check the DRQ setting as well as IRQ. You can set both port and IRQ at 
bootup with the -c option, but DRQ is hidden and only assumed to be 0. My 
NE2100 card (not HP, but it works) can be jumpered for DRQ 5/6/7/3, with 
"option 0" being DRQ 5. You *might* be able to use ifconfig to do this; I 
simply recompiled my kernel, since I was going to do that anyway.

Just as a curiosity: is there a particular reason you used lnc1 instead 
of lnc0? Not that it really matters...

I hope this helps,

Ken Bigelow