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Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 17:21:53 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Daniel K Fry <daniel.fry@unh.edu>
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Subject: Re: ethernet card help
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On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, Daniel K Fry wrote:

> i am trying to get samba running on freebsd, but when i boot, i get a 
> 
> ed1: device timeout
> 
> and when i run nmbd i get
> 
> /kernel: ed1: device timeout
> 
> i have no idea what this means or how to fix this, but i think it might
> be a problem with my ethernet card.

It is.

1.  Check that the interrupt the card is using is unique.
2.  If you're on a thin Ethernet network (coax), make sure the network is
properly terminated.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major