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Date:      Mon, 21 Sep 1998 16:31:36 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Peter Wetzel <pdw99@cs.geneseo.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ISA NE2000 NIC
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9809211631100.11562-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <002301bde4e3$4a0fcae0$0300010a@fuckme>

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On Sun, 20 Sep 1998, Peter Wetzel wrote:

> I'm having problems with my system even seeing my NIC. I know the NIC works,
> as I took it out of my Pentium Win95 box. Here's what I know:
> 
> The card is an ISA NE2000 NIC that came with my (win95) computer; I believe
> its a clone (no docs handy).
> 
> It's going into a 486 with FreeBSD 2.2.1 installed on it. The card was in
> the machine during the install... it just didn't see it.
> 
> I've tried changing the settings in boot -c to the default (irq 5), to what
> they were in windows on the other machine (irq 3..), to everything in
> between. I tried searching the archives but didn't find any fixes that
> worked.

The IRQ and I/O port set in FreeBSD *must* match those set on the card.
Use your Windows settings as a guide.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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