[geeks] # of machines running currently

[Grant Diffey]

(following convention of posting at top under duress.)
There is a unix tool for configuring 3c509 network cards under un*x I have only used it on linux but see no reason why it wouldn't work under freebsd

On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 03:16:21AM +0000, Jeff Borisch wrote:
> I think these are the ones you can hard set with the DOS utility from 3com.
> 
> You can program them to a constant IRQ and address space. Then two can work
> together in the same machine without PNP getting in the way.
> 
> I remember someone torturing themselves over this on a linux list. I think
> this was the solution. YMMV.
> 
> Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> > I have no idea how to make 509s work without plug and play.  The 486 in
> > question isn't even a plug and play system (from a BIOS perspective), but
> > ISAPNP does work (assuming that I don't need to fiddle with it).

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