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To: Sean Eric Fagan <sef@Kithrup.COM>
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Subject: Re: I am contemplating the following change... 
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Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 18:24:11 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> As I just told Jordan... I disagree.
> 
> The visual config stuff is neat, and can be a lifesaver... but requiring
> users to do it is going to bite, *hard*.  I had to help a (very technical)

I agree, which is why I'd like to do something other than have to
visit it EVERY SINGLE TIME I do an install in order to change from
that obnoxious default of 5.  I have probably installed several
hundred FreeBSD machines at this point, for myself and many other
people, and I have _yet_ to have a single card be at IRQ 5 by default.

The ed1 entry is also the cause of much tech support for me since
it "catches" cards at 0x300 but invariably with the wrong IRQ, so the
user is tricked into thinking that things work until the install
is well underway and the only message they're now seeing is:
"ed1: device timeout" from the bogus IRQ value.

					Jordan