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Re: Install problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan J. Williams)
Fri Oct 2 16:25:35 1998
To: "Abraham R. McAllister" <abraham@MIT.EDU>
Cc: netbsd-help@MIT.EDU
From: "Nathan J. Williams" <nathanw@MIT.EDU>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 02 Oct 1998 15:24:21 EDT."
<199810021924.PAA11659@gaston.mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 16:25:15 EDT
> I am trying to install netbsd on a 486 with an AT1700 plus
> ethernet card. When I boot off the install floppy, the ethernet card
> is not recognized. Consequently, I don't get very far after that point.
The most likely snag is that the card is configured at an I/O
range different from what the driver expects. The driver in the
default installation and running kernel expects the base I/O address
to be 0x2a0. If you have a way to change the card's address, you
should change it to that. If you can't do that, but you can find out
what it's currently configured for, we can probably build you a custom
kernel configured to use the different address.
- Nathan
