Subject: Re: i386 install: ne2000?
To: Dave Guynn <thinkstart@hotmail.com>
From: Dave Burgess <burgess@neonramp.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/12/1999 14:15:55
At 12:54 PM 4/10/99 PDT, Dave Guynn wrote:
>Hi,
>
>   First, I would like for you to respond to my main e-mail, 
>thinkstart@hotmail.com. Ok, anyway, I have three computers 
>networked on non-routable IPs. I have the i386 distribution
>on a ftp server on my netbsd/mac68k.  I just installed a Kingston 
>NE2000 on the 486 I want to run netbsd on, and I set up the network 
>with the correct IP settings, with no router or domain name.  I 
>format the hard drive, and put in the server path and IP. I then 
>select the option to install. It waits, i get no hub traffic, and it 
>says ne2: device timeout. Please help.
>

Guess 1 - IRQ isn't set right.

>Thanks,
>David guynn
>thinkstart.com
>
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