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Date:      Thu, 11 Sep 1997 15:05:39 -0500
From:      Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com>
To:        rfg@monkeys.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How do I fix the ethernet card I/O address (?)
Message-ID:  <19970911150539.35425@right.PCS>
In-Reply-To: <22956.874005242@monkeys.com>; from Ronald F. Guilmette on Sep 09, 1997 at 12:14:02PM -0700
References:  <22956.874005242@monkeys.com>

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On Sep 09, 1997 at 12:14:02PM -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
> During the hardware configuration part of the install, I screwed up
> and failed to adjust the I/O address for my Ethernet card (a simple
> NE2000 compatible).  I _did_ properly set the IRQ for the card, but
> sadly, I left the base I/O address set to 0x280 for FreeBSD, and the
> card itself is actually set to address 0x300.
> 
> So can somebody please tell me how to fix the base I/O address for the
> card in FreeBSD?  I imagine this must be simple to do, but I haven't
> a clue as to how to do it.  I tried re-entering the menu-based install
> stuff, but I couldn't manage to navigate to anywhere that looked like
> it was going to allow me to change this.

1. reboot, and specify the '-c' flag at the boot: prompt.  This should
   drop you into the visual configuration editor.
2. select your network card, hit [Enter] to edit the device parameters,
   and change your port address to 0x300.
--
Jonathan



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