From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 10 14:59:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA26913 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 10 Mar 1996 14:59:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from wedge.its.utas.edu.au (wedge.its.utas.edu.au [131.217.10.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA26908 for ; Sun, 10 Mar 1996 14:59:05 -0800 (PST) Received: (from cp_nairn@localhost) by wedge.its.utas.edu.au (8.7.1/8.6.6) id JAA00830; Mon, 11 Mar 1996 09:58:59 +1100 (EST) Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 09:58:59 +1100 (EST) From: Carey Nairn X-Sender: cp_nairn@wedge.its.utas.edu.au To: jay@map.com cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: problem installing 2.1R on Acer Pentium 75 In-Reply-To: <9603101048.AA0023@localhost> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Chances are the problematic NE2000 card is set to an IRQ or IO port address that conflicts with > something else in the machine. Find out what where the other hardware is at, then configure the > card correctly. > > Had a similar problem with an Adaptec SCSI card - somehow the IRQ was set to the same one as the > primary HD controller. Not good, since the machine wouldn't even boot enough to set the card to a > different IRQ. > > > // Roland Jay Roberts - Team OS/2 - > // Internet: jay@map.com > // FidoNet: Roland Roberts @ 1:321/305.5 > I had already checked IRQs etc. The card was set to IRQ 10 which didn't appear to be used by anything else but who knows... thanks for your response cheers, Carey ========================================================================= Carey Nairn ! email : Carey.Nairn@its.utas.edu.au Networks and Communications ! phone : (002) 20 7419 Information Technology Services ! fax : (002) 20 7898 University of Tasmania. ! =========================================================================