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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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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."  
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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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