> images since the only install media I can use is my Intel Xircom clone
> 100BaseTX PCMCIA card.  The boot floppies which contain wdc like

Beg or borrow another nic that doesn't use an Intel chip or a chip
that cannot be configured to use other than irq 10.  A nic using irq 5
and another using irq 11 worked for me.

henry nelson