Subject: Re: i386 - NE2000 adapter w/o switches - not working on install
To: AKUA interactive media Co. <akua@mac.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 03/20/2000 20:36:16
On Sun, Mar 19, 2000 at 11:43:48PM +0100, AKUA interactive media Co. wrote:
> I'm trying to install netbsd - I have a no-name NE2000 compatible (has a
> switch on back for NE2000/PnP - I tried both settings) ethernet adapter.
> 
> It has a coax & thin cable connection (using thin). Works w/ W95, even when
> I manually choose interrupt #9 / io=280 on the NE2000 setting.
> 
> I'm trying to do an FTP install but it reports "device timeout" when I've
> configured it...

Check that (1) you have PnP OS set to "no" in the BIOS and (2) that you
have marked the IRQ used by the board as "used by ISA" in the BIOS.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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