On 12 Sep 1997 03:18:24 -0000 
 explorer@flame.org wrote:

 > I have a P200 motherboard which does not configure the "de" network
 > card I have in my machine.  When 1.2G boots, the machine crashes.

...wow, can't get any more vague than that!  :-)

How does it crash, exactly?

 > When 1.2.1 boots, it complains that the ethernet address cannot be
 > read (returns a long string of `f's) but does manage to get past.

Not surprising, if it's a newer card...

 > Does the PCI system assume the BIOS has nailed the PCI cards down at
 > bootup?

Yes, but I suspect that this is not the problem.

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