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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!news.ucdavis.edu!library.ucla.edu!unixg.ubc.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!portal.ca!portal.ca!not-for-mail From: curt@portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: [FIX] Re: Need help with SMC8013EWC in Micron Millenia Plus under NetBSD 1.0 Date: 28 Oct 1995 19:15:46 -0700 Organization: Internet Portal Services, Ltd. Lines: 23 Message-ID: <46uo4i$jm0@cynic.portal.ca> References: <DGzpoz.MGz@news2.new-york.net> <46lgrp$6en@due.unit.no> <DH1r30.FuG@news2.new-york.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca In article <DH1r30.FuG@news2.new-york.net>, Steven M. Jones <smj@Crash.COM> wrote: : In summary: My PCI machine wasn't able to use the ISA based SMC8013EWC Ethernet : card when running from the hard disk. When booting from the GENERICBT floppy : everything was fine. NT used the card with no complaints. The error message : under NetBSD 1.0 was "ed0: NIC memory corrupt - invalid packet length 0". : : Alexandra's post menioned that in systems with only one floppy, running a : kernel configured for two floppies could cause the ed driver to fail to work : properly, probably due to strange interrupt-related behavior. Ay any rate I : commented out the definition of fd1 and my system is now using the SMC card : with no problem. This should probably go in the FAQ, if it's not there already. Or has this been fixed in 1.1-alpha? cjs -- Curt Sampson curt@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil.