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From: jcaron@pressimage.net (Jacques Caron)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: I can't install FreeBSD... Help me!
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 04:24:51 +0200
Organization: Pressimage, France
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In article <40e8d5$46q@titan.ci.ua.pt>, diva@ci.ua.pt (Diva Duarte Neves) wrote:
[blah blah blah doesn't work blah blah]
>I think that my PC has problems to communicate using the LAN card
>(INTERCOM 16CT, NE2000 compatible, 16 bits, jumperless), because it
>gives timeout. I've already used hostname and IP addresses for the
>servers. I've already tried to make some PINGs from other systems,
>while PC is trying to access the FTP server, but the PC doesn't respond.
>I can't understand why this happens, because the Ethernet card (ed1) is
>detected on the boot phase.
Did you check that the IRQ setting saved in the card is the one in the
kernel config of FreeBSD? I had that very problem this evening... A
NE2000-compatible card right off the box, using IRQ 3, and FreeBSD
thinking it uses IRQ 5.
IRQ 3 is definitely a _bad idea_ as it conflicts with COM ports. So, boot
with DOS, insert the card's driver disk, run the setup/diag/whatever
program, change the IRQ to 5, and boot FreeBSD.
Hope this helps.
Jacques.
PS: I guess this should go in a FAQ somewhere, if it isn't the case...
Many people think that "jumperless" boards just use the settings you give
them... Nono, you have to configure them with the utility provided so that
they use the settings you want. Or maybe some future release of the driver
will be able to do just that?
Jacques.
[cc'd to questionner].
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