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From: Michael Peer <mpeer@gwc.cccd.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Problem with EMM386 and 3com etherlink III
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 18:22:46 -0800
Organization: Golden West College
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To: Ronnie Bloch Hansen <ronnie@post4.tele.dk>
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Ronnie Bloch Hansen wrote:
> 
> I have a MS Windows NT 4.0 server.
> The PC's are connected to the NT server as Windows for workgroups clients.
> (I'm using 3com etherlink III cards)
> My problem is that the clients hang or reboot when the driver for EMM386 is loaded and
> net initializing begins.
> 
> If I remove the DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.exe from CONFIG.SYS the net initializes and
> starts ok. But some of my programs requires EMM386.
> 
> Could it be an IRQ problem ? How do I find the problem ?
> I've tried to use MSD, but I can't find any conflicts !
> 
> ronnie@post4.tele.dk

As some possible insight, we have 3c503 cards and they are setup for
shared memory access.  We have to add line to emm386 like /X=C8000-C9FF
to prevent emm386 from using that memory.  Of course the corresponding
jumper on card is set for c800 area.

Hope this helps

Michael Peer
mpeer@gwc.cccd.edu
http://pioneer.gwc.cccd.edu