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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!newspump.sol.net!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!159.115.1.5!news.cccd.edu!news.gwc.cccd.edu!usenet 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 Lines: 26 Message-ID: <32BF3E76.288F@gwc.cccd.edu> References: <32BF07CD.2394@post4.tele.dk> Reply-To: mpeer@gwc.cccd.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: mpeer.csc.gwc.cccd.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (WinNT; I) To: Ronnie Bloch Hansen <ronnie@post4.tele.dk> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:32953 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