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From: geoffrey@beethoven.iavalley.cc.ia.us (geoffrey alexander)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: problems with ethernet card
Date: 6 Jun 97 05:54:16 GMT
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fwu@jupiter.scs.Ryerson.CA (Felix Wu) writes:

>Hi, I'm new to freeBSD and I just installed it.  Somehow it finds my 
>NE2000 compatible ethernet card, but it kept giving me ed0: device time 
>out message.  I read some docs said that I should change my IRQ setting 
>to -1 since my card is configurated by software instead of jumpers, then 
>I tried it but still no luck.. anyone got a clue? or should I just go buy 
>a network card with jumpers?  thanks in advance.

If you still have DOS 6.22 running on one of the partitions, you can use MSD
or another diagnostic to find out what the right IRQ is; also, the port
number will have to be correct as well. Had this same problem on my first
install, and this is what solved it (fyi my actual Novell NE2000 was
installed straight out of the box with IRQ 3 and a port setting of 0x300;
your kilometers will likely vary...)

Geoff Alexander