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Date:      Wed, 30 Oct 1996 16:22:03 -0500 (EST)
From:      John Brann <jbrann@brann.org>
To:        raistln@ksu.edu (Raistlin, Master of Past and Present)
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Ethernet setup
Message-ID:  <199610302122.QAA06255@freebie.brann.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.961030124128.19473A-100000@abc.ksu.ksu.edu> from "Raistlin, Master of Past and Present" at "Oct 30, 96 12:45:06 pm"

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Raistlin, Master of Past and Present wrote...
> I'm setting up FreeBSD 2.1.5 on a 486 PC. Here are teh messages I'm getting:
> 
> 	ed0 at 0x300-0x31f irq 5 on isa
> 	ed0: address 00:c0:d1:57:16:19 type NE2000 (16 bit)
> 	...
> 	ed0: device timeout
> 	...
> 	ed0: device timeout
> 
> I can tell that the card is accepting packets up until the local system 
> is started. At which time it stops talking. Does anyone have any idea why?
> 
> Chris Ginn
> 
> 
> --
> Chris Ginn					raistln@ksu.edu	
> 
> 
> 

This is almost certainly because your card is not set for IRQ 5.  If you
can set it by jumper - do so, if not you'll need to boot into DOS and
use the card's soft configuration to find / set the IRQ and check the
memory addresses.

John

-- 
Well, that's like hypnotizing chickens.

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