Date: Fri, 6 Oct 95 11:30:33 +0100 From: Armando Ferreira <armando_ferreira@il.us.swissbank.com> To: davidg@Root.COM Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help ! Problem with Ethernet card Message-ID: <9510061030.AA14275@ln1d278nwk>
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Begin forwarded message: To: armando_ferreira@il.us.swissbank.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help ! Problem with Ethernet card In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 06 Oct 95 02:32:39 PDT." <199510060932.CAA00266@corbin.Root.COM> From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> Reply-To: davidg@Root.COM Date: Fri, 06 Oct 1995 02:47:39 -0700 Sender: root@corbin.Root.COM >>>I am having trouble installing a Western Digital card on my PC. >>> >>>The configuration I used in to configure the kernel was >>>device ed0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 5 iomem 0xCA000 vector edintr >>> >>>I changed the jumpers on the card to match the above irq and memory address >>>configuration. and I get the following problem at boot time: >>>>>ed0: failed to clear shared memory at ca000 - check configuration<< >>> >>>Can you please tell me if there is something else to setup or if I have done >>>something wrong ? >> >> This usually indicates that there is another card in that shared memory >>area. Try the values 0xc8000, 0xd0000, and 0xd8000...and see if any of those >>will work for you. It's only necessary to change the kernel (no need to >>change >>the settings on the card for this). The jumper in the card has a position called 'soft', must I use this one to ensure that I only have to change the kernel settings thereafter ? Thanks for your help ! Armando.
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