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j_weedon@escape.com (Jay Weedon) writes:

>In article <3hshbs$kp8@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> catlin@CS.ColoState.EDU writes:
>>From: catlin@CS.ColoState.EDU
>>Subject: NE2000 fix DOESN'T(was NE2000 fix, Re: Selective Install:...)
>>Date: 15 Feb 1995 09:26:20 GMT


>>For those of you with NE2000 cards, there is a pseudo fix for the problem.
>>You should put the following line as the FIRST line in your config.sys:
>>BASEDEV=RESERVE.SYS /IO:300,32
>>(where 300 is the address that your card is set to).  I believe that the OS/2
>>Command Reference has details on this driver.

>>This is not guaranteed to solve all of your hang problems, but it should help.
>>For me, I am now able to install and do a selective install without taking out
>>my card.  Be sure to change the config.sys on disk 1 of your installation disks
>>and to copy the driver from your \os2\boot directory.

>>This method comes from the latest APAR list from IBM.  It is available from
>>software.watson.ibm.com in /pub/os2/os2fixes/30apr1.zip and probably from
>>hobbes.

>Thank you for this suggestion.  It has been mentioned a couple of times on 
>this group that the problem can also be avoided by setting the NE2000 to use 
>ports 340 or 360 instead of 300 or 320.

Yes, I'd take the RESERVE.SYS fix with a grain of salt.  My card is set for
320 but with BASEDEV = RESERVE.SYS /IO:320,32 at the top of my config.sys,
selective install still hangs _every_ time.  It _never_ hangs with the card
out of the machine.  I haven't yet tried changing the address to something
other than 300 or 320.  I wish IBM would stop resting on their collective
laurels and fix this bug that has been around since early version 2.1.

Jeff Berntsen
jeffb@world.std.com