Kenneth Abrams wrote in a message to Denis Tonn:
KA> We had this problem with the 3Com PNP cards even with just DOS.
KA> Putting a 3C509 in one of our first pc's with a PNP bios, we
KA> found that the settings on the card would change pretty much
KA> between every boot, making it impossible to configure the
KA> netware client. Fortunately, you can disable PNP on them, which
KA> is the only way we ever got that box on the network.
How do you disable PNP on those cards? (FWIW I don't currently have a
machine here that has a PnP bios...)
KA> Frankly, I wish the originator(s) of PNP would shove it....back
KA> where it came from. Rather than simplify my life, it's created
KA> problems where none should exist.
Yeah.
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