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-----Original Message-----
   >From: "ryan wrat "<wrat@metawire.org>
   >Sent: 8/9/04 11:20:42 PM
   >To: "netbsd-help@netbsd.org"<netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
   >Subject: rectifying nic irq conflict
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   >hi, I am trying to install netbsd from ftp. I have an intel etherexpress pro/10 nic. netbsd is not recognizing it on boot. I read that I need to change it to 0x360 and put it somewhere between irq 10 and 7 (whichever is open). I was just wondering what the procedure is to do this with just the boot disks.
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   >thanks,
   >wrat
   >   >

I've never used the Intel card that you're using, but I did inherit a few old 3com EISA NICs a while back. I wanted to use them in my P100 box I've got, but I ran into IRQ an ioport conflicts, too.

I don't know if your Intel cards have this, but I ended up finding a DOS utility provided by 3com that I used to change the settings in the firmware, which cleared up my conflicts. Maybe Intel has one of those.

--Alex