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From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
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Subject: Re: userconfig
In-Reply-To: <199712222054.MAA22455@inertia.dfacades.com> from Daniel Leeds at "Dec 22, 97 12:54:23 pm"
To: dleeds@dfacades.com (Daniel Leeds)
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 14:20:29 -0800 (PST)
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Daniel Leeds writes:
> im trying to setup a ne2000 ethernet card on an older machine and
> it probes as ed1 but device times out when trying to set the network up
> for ftp install.
> 
> i read the page where it says to use userconfig and set the card to
> -1 IRQ for software settings...but userconfig wont let me enter -1
> 
> any ideas?
> 
> i have no documentation on the card and it doesnt appear to have jumpers :)

This usually means your card has some IRQ set that is not what
you set in your kernel..

So either try different IRQ settings in the kernel, or else find
the MSDOS floppy disk configurator that came with the card and
run it :-)

-Archie

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