Why don't you just edit the kernel file in the /settings directory and tell   
   it to not boot with DMA by default when booting beos (if this is indeed the   
   real conflict). Also, I suggest you disable any serial or parallel ports in   
   your BIOS  and see if that fixes the problem.   
      
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   Eugenia   
      
      
      
   "William Ove"  wrote in message   
   news:20031001195731440-0500@netnews.mchsi.com...   
   > I appreciate the earlier comments on my problems with a resource   
   > conflict with PCMCIA cards.   
   >   
   > The ThinkPad 600 supports most of Be very well. Be installs easily and   
   > runs pretty well. However there are conflicts that I do not seem to be   
   > able to resolve. The biggest one being a conflict between DMA and PCMCIA.   
   > The devices preferences shows that they both are using the same I/O port.   
   >   
   > I have had no luck in changing any resources and so have been unable to   
   > manually resolve the conflict. If I select skip the BIOS in the safe   
   > mode options when I boot, there is not conflict, but then BeOS does not   
   > seem to realize that the laptop has PC card slots.   
   >   
   > If I boot normally into BeOS with a card in the slot, the system crashes   
   > and drops into the debugger. If I boot with out a card in the slot and   
   > install a card after the system is booted, the system continues to run   
   > fine. PC Card Wizard will then see the card and say it is installed,   
   > however the card is still not usable by BeOS.   
   >   
   > Both the Psion Modem and 3Com ethernet card are listed in the databases   
   > as being supported cards. If anyone has any more suggestions, I would   
   > really like to hear them.   
   >   
   > bill   
      
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