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Date:      Wed, 13 Sep 2000 21:28:01 +0100
From:      John Murphy <bigotfo@bigfoot.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problems with PnP and 4.1-RELEASE
Message-ID:  <LNa=Od3g9k6Az=2tFsNiXmoa=EP8@4ax.com>

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Piotr Sroczynski wrote:
>I need install 4.1-RELEASE on my old 486 machine - without the=20
>pnp bios and pci bus. I have kernel compiled with "device pnp0" but=20
>I can't use "pnp ..." command after "boot -c". System reports it as=20
>"invalid command ...".

I think your Mother board may not be pnp capable.
Your ethernet card probably isn't either, so try a kernel without device =
pnp0.

>On the startup it writes:
>unknown0: <SMC EtherEZ (8416)> at port 0x200-0x21f irq 5 on isa0
>I have proper line  in kernel config file "device ed0 ..." with =
different=20
>settings (but I tried the same as specified in unknown0).
>"pnpinfo" properly reports pnp devices.

It should work fine as long as those values for address range and IRQ
are correct for your card.

>How can I set up my pnp devices? Is it possible?

Not without a new Mother board I think.

HTH.
John.


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