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In article <3hshbs$kp8@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> catlin@CS.ColoState.EDU writes:
>From: catlin@CS.ColoState.EDU
>Subject: NE2000 fix (was Re: Selective Install: another hanging)
>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.

Jay Weedon.