THANK YOU! I disabled acpi at the boot prompt of the currently installed 4.5, and the network card is now recognized. Again, thanks a lot for pointing me in this direction. Bye - ted
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anathae E. Townsend Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 9:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: "couldn't map interrupt" for fxp / "intel PRO/100 VE" after upgrade to 4.6 (or 4.5) The one difference on your machine between 4.4 and 4.5/4.6 is apm vs acpi If you used the boot prompt to disable acpi, do you have access to the network card again? Anathae p.s. taking a wild shot in the dark.

