commenting out: CFLAGS32+= -DCONSOLE_DUAL -DCOMCONSOLE=0x3f8 -DCONSPEED=57600 and floppyload worked on my 486 without COM ports I tried floppyloading the 2 latest releases on some NICs: In 4.4.5 I didn't change anything in the config, in 4.5.6 only the com-port line was commented NI6510 4.4.5: Probing returns the proper IO address, but DMA probing isn't ok. It always returns DMA5 , irrespective of the NIC setting Card doesn't function. Err msg: Lance timeout on transmit Also no DHCP requests detected on sniffer. 4.5.6 Probing does NOT detect a card NE2000 ISA both 4.4.5 and 4.5.6 fully functional 3C509 both 4.4.5 and 4.5.6 fully functional Winbond W89C940 (PCI-NE2000) 4.4.5 PC hangs on probing 4.5.6 fully functional. willing to do more 6510 testing.... as@bart.nl =========================================================================== This Mail was sent to netboot mailing list by: "ACS" <as@bart.nl> To get help about this list, send a mail with 'help' as the only string in it's body to majordomo@baghira.han.de. If you have problems with this list, send a mail to netboot-owner@baghira.han.de.
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