From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 14 12:03:48 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id MAA03782 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 14 Jan 1995 12:03:48 -0800 Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with SMTP id MAA03776 for ; Sat, 14 Jan 1995 12:03:47 -0800 Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; id AA20765; Sat, 14 Jan 1995 15:03:36 -0500 Date: Sat, 14 Jan 1995 15:03:36 -0500 From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <9501142003.AA20765@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: Bob Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: LPT0 conflict with Ethernet Card In-Reply-To: <01HLU8WAIJV6001DTI@ACS.EKU.EDU> References: <01HLU8WAIJV6001DTI@ACS.EKU.EDU> Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk < said: > I'm having trouble getting freebsd to use my AT&T EN100 network card. > It wants to use LPT0. As it boots up and finds LPT0 it informs me of a > valid TCP/IP port. You should boot with the `-c' option, and use the mini-configuration utility to disable the `lpt' device. (The Ethernet card still might not work; it depends on how your printer port is wired.) -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant