Mipam wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I finally made an output of the netbsd 1.5.2 laptop install disks
> on what they report on my compaq armada E500.
> I'll attach it below.
> Still same problems, the network card which is seen (ex0)
> is causing timeouts as soon as you try anything with it.
> Like trying to fetch the distribution file by ftp or something
> like it. Usb, soundcard and the network card are in irq 11.
> So i cant install netbsd on this laptop :-(
> Any hints what i could do to remedy this?
> And ... this laptop has a 600mhz processor, netbsd reports only 497 mhz ..??

I know it is not really helping, but I'm happy with my e500 here.
Don't even know, if it is 1.5.1 or 1.5.2, and I'm using the build in
ethernet. Probably that's the big deal.
(btw, this boards are going for $20 on ebay)

cheers