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Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 09:53:24 -0500 (EST)
From: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>
To: Charlie ROOT <root@hrollur.itn.is>
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Subject: Re: NIC memory
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On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, Charlie ROOT wrote:

> hi,
> 
> I'm running FreeBSD 2.2.2, and it's preatty stable
> but frequently the system echoes in console screen:
> 
> ed0: NIC memory corrupt - invalid packet length ????
> 
> what is this NIC memory, is it broken that way I can't fix it without
> replace something ?

I get that sometimes on a warm boot - but not on a turn it off and turn it
back on boot.  Some cheaper NE2000s do that.

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