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Date:      Fri, 06 Oct 1995 02:32:39 -0700
From:      David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>
To:        armando_ferreira@il.us.swissbank.com
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Help ! Problem with Ethernet card 
Message-ID:  <199510060932.CAA00266@corbin.Root.COM>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 06 Oct 95 10:08:07 BST." <9510060908.AA14238@ln1d278nwk> 

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>Hi,
>
>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).

-DG



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