Thanks,  that fixed the problem -- it took awhile to find the
PNP OS setting in the BIOS but that solved all of the problems.

Jim Moulton

-----Original Message-----
From:	Andrew Gillham [SMTP:gillham@vaultron.com]
Sent:	Thursday, December 07, 2000 2:51 PM
To:	Jeff Rizzo
Cc:	James Moulton; 'port-i386@netbsd.org'
Subject:	Re: ASUS A7V motherboad problem

Jeff Rizzo wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 12:45:14PM -0500, James Moulton wrote:
> > I am trying to install NetBSD (1.5B) on a machine that has a 1G AMD cpu and
> > the ASUS A7V motherboard.  I can't get any NICs to work -- 3com 905B fails on
> > "can't map i/o" and a Netgear fails on "can't assign interrupt".  Anyone know why
> > these NICs can't be found by the PCI bios??  If I turn-on PCIBIOS in the kernel then
> > I get "no mapping for interrupt pin A" for both.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jim Moulton
> 
> I am successfully using a machine like this (A7V, 1GHz CPU) at home;  I do
> recall making some BIOS-level change, but I no longer remember what it was
> for.  I can check my setup when I get home from work this evening.

Make sure "Plug -N- Play OS" is set to NO in the BIOS.

-Andrew