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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 04:40:39 +0200
Organization: Pressimage, France
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In article <jcaron-1208950424510001@jc.pressimage.fr>,
jcaron@pressimage.net (Jacques Caron) wrote:
>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.
>
>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?
Oooooooops.
From the Q&A section of the "HARDWARE" file:
Q: The system finds my ed network card, but I keep getting device
timeout errors.
A: Your card is probably on a different IRQ from what is specified in the
kernel configuration. The ed driver will no longer use the `soft'
configuration by default (values entered using EZSETUP in DOS), but it
will use the software configuration if you specify `?' in the IRQ field
of your kernel config file. The reason for the change is because the
ed driver used to read and try to use the soft configuration information
even when the card was jumpered to use a hard configuration, and this
caused problems.
Either move the jumper on the card to a hard configuration setting
(altering the kernel settings if necessary), or specify the IRQ as
`-1' in UserConfig or `?' in your kernel config file. This will
tell the kernel to use the soft configuration.
What can I say?
Jacques.
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