Subject: Re: Installation problem
To: Chris Rupnik <chrisr@geeknet.montreal.qc.ca>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fb@enteract.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/07/1998 10:17:11
On Mon, 7 Sep 1998, Chris Rupnik wrote:

> Hi
>  I have an old 486 that i am trying to install NetBSD-1.3.2 on,
>  the machine has a wd8003E card in it. During the install, no matter
> what IRQ is jumpered on the card, it is always reported as IRQ 9, and
> thus does not work (we0 device timeout)
> 
>  Is there something that i should be doing differently, besides buying
> another card?

Yes, the generic kernel has we0 hardwired to IRQ9. If you can't set the
card to IRQ 9 for some reason, use IRQ10, port 0x300, iomem 0xcc000. 
The card will then show up as we1.