Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 08:44:25 -0700 From: "Robert J. Neilson" <neilson@istar.ca> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: eisa 3c905b Message-ID: <39AE7D59.1F3DD3FD@istar.ca>
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i am trying to install freeBSD on an older 486. I have a 3c905b (combo eisa card). the visual config editor doesn't show any drivers for this when I expand the lists ... but the kernel seems to find the card. it calls it an 'ep0'. however, it gets all confused about irq's. it tries one number (irq 9 for ep0), and gets 'eeprom timed out' or something to that, later in it tries irq 5 for ep1 (there is only one card), and it seems to detect it etc, then everything hangs. I have set the irq values in the eisa ethernet card using the 3com supplied utility. I have tried various slots and irq values, but to no avail. The machine is scsi and this stuff is detected ok. i would like to have a pentium, but I don't. the real insult in all of this is that the card works fine with ms windows. I don't really know where to look now, or what to do (except to use windows - which I don't really want to do <i would rather use cpm>). any pointers or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Rob -- ------------------------------------------- Robert J. Neilson email: neilson@istar.ca ------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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