I've recently posted a couple of questions about problems I've had booting OpenBSD, and so far, I haven't been able to resolve this problem.
After some head scratching, I think I've discovered the problem. The boards I'm using, LEX CV860A ( http://www.lex.com.tw:8080/product/CV860A.htm ), has three Realtek 8139 NICs on board. When only one NIC is enabled, booting is pretty reliable. When more than one NIC is enabled, the machine stops booting when probing for npx0. After a some googling, I came across http://www.holland-consulting.net/tech/ocep/ which says "Realtek 8139 based cards are hated by programmers, and loved by users" Is this advice still current (The page has a date of 6/7/2001) Should I look to dump my mobos with Realtek NICs and switch to other NICs (would Intel NICs be OK ?) Thanks, GTG -- Gordon Ross, Network Manager/Rheolwr Rhydwaith Countryside Council for Wales/Cyngor Cefn Gwlad Cymru
