Hello, Aaron Gage <agage@riemann.mines.edu> wrote: > Since this may be related to my problem, I was wondering what anyone could > tell me about the packet (or software) interrupt value. All that I know > is that it must lie between 0x60 and 0x80, but I have no idea what a > proper value for this should be. When I tried configuring another generic > NIC for use under DOS a while back, I remember having trouble with this > value, and that I had to play around with it until it finally decided to work. > > For the purposes of a netboot floppy image, where the only thing on the > disk is this program, and pretty much the only thing in the hardware is the > network card, does this value still have be chosen in a particular way, or > can I just assume that 0x60 will work? If not, is there some way of knowing > what the software interrupt should be? As long as your system BIOS doesn't use any of the interrupts in the mentioned range, you can simply choose any interrupt you like. I personally use 0x62 for all bootroms. gero. -- Only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core. - Hannah Arendt. -- Gero Kuhlmann, Hannover 0511/6497525 (Voice) gero@gkminix.han.de
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