On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 08:41:59PM +0100, Phil Reynolds wrote:
> I have recently rebuilt one of my systems around PCI-based hardware, and
> find that I am unable to install NetBSD using (at least) the latest boot
> disks.
>
> With the FA310, trying to FTP simply times out. A tcpdump on another machine
> in my local network shows that the FTP server tries to communicate with the
> machine I am trying to install, but the machine does not respond and therefore
> times out. It does appear capable of resolving hostnames, though.

I have found out why this is the case. The motherboard I am using may not
support bus mastering, which the FA310 needs. If it does, it's not configured
properly.

Does anyone know anything about bus mastering support on the GA-486AM/S?

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