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by **Dan Delan** » Wed, 28 Jan 1998 04:00:00

Hello everyone. I'm trying to install FreeBSD on a 486DX2-66 with an
Intel EtherExpress 16 card. The problem is that the installation
software doesn't seem to recognize it. In the Kernel setup program
there is a driver for the EtherExpress PRO, but not for the
EtherExpress 16. Anyone have any solutions?
Thanks.

--Dan

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by **Ruus** » Sat, 31 Jan 1998 04:00:00

Try defining the card as an N1000 or N2000. Make sure you have checked your
IRQ and there is no conflict. Try address x0300, IRQ 5.

Quote:>HELP] Anyone installed with Intel EtherExpress 16?
>HELP] Anyone installed with Intel EtherExpress 16?

Be sure to check your address and IRQ for conflicts. Try x0300, IRQ5. Also,
you might try defining the card as either an N1000 or N2000. These are NOVELL
compatable cards.

by **Eric** » Sat, 07 Feb 1998 04:00:00

> Try defining the card as an N1000 or N2000. Make sure you have checked your
> IRQ and there is no conflict. Try address x0300, IRQ 5.
> >HELP] Anyone installed with Intel EtherExpress 16?

> >HELP] Anyone installed with Intel EtherExpress 16?

> Be sure to check your address and IRQ for conflicts. Try x0300, IRQ5. Also,
> you might try defining the card as either an N1000 or N2000. These are NOVELL
> compatable cards.

I just fought with this last night too... and won!
Somewhere in a FreeBSD Hardware Guide I found this Q&A:

Q: My system can not find my Intel EtherExpress 16 card.
A: You must set your Intel EtherExpress 16 card to be memory mapped at
address 0xD0000, and set the amount of mapped memory to 32K using
the Intel supplied softset.exe program.

Knowing that my IRQ and addr were already lined up, I booted up
SOFTSET.EXE from Intel, and found that there was NO amount
of mapped memory set. Changed to 32K, and set the RAM start
address to d0000 (had to move the Flash ROM out to d8000).
Reflashed and rebooted, then the FreeBSD loader utility
finally recognized my EE16, then I was able to install FreeBSD
from ftp.cdrom.com!

Hope this helps ...
- Eric

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