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Re: Parallel port at wrong address for NIA ???

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From: Paul Colclough
Date: Sun, 06 Apr 1997 00:00
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Andy Blair (andy@etive.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: I'm trying to install Red Hat on a laptop using FTP over a parallel port
: network adaptor. 
: The problem is that the boot disc dosn't recognise the D-Link DE620 NIA
: on the parallel port.
: This is probably because the parallel port is at 0278H and the DE620
: driver in the kernel is hard coded for a parallel port at 0378H
: (according to the Ethernet HOWTO).
: Does this mean I'll have to recompile a kernel for the boot disc on
: another machine ?

Can't you tell your bios to change the address of the parallel port?
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From: paulc@squiznet.demon.co.uk (Paul Colclough)
Subject: Re: Parallel port at wrong address for NIA ???
Date: 1997/04/06
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