Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 23:11:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Smith <msmith@beta.tricity.wsu.edu> To: statik@cris.com (josh b) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3COM 3C509 flukyness. Message-ID: <200007070611.XAA15194@beta.tricity.wsu.edu> In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.1.20000705220304.00b0b8a0@pop3.concentric.net> from "josh b" at Jul 05, 2000 10:06:55 PM
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Oh, yeah, when I wrote the message, I'd forgotten I'd disabled all the other NICs along with the storage controllers. <G> On to the CVSUP setup, then the firewall and then NAT. Mark > yeah i had that boot up message for a little while, took a little thinking > but i got it fixed. for me it had to do with the devices listed in my > /boot/kernel.conf file... it wasthis: > di ie > di fe > di le > di lnc > di cs > di sn > q > > .. before this all happend my 3com 3c509 was working great, anyways i > removed all those lines ( i was getting some error in my bootup cuz i > commented out those devices)..but when i booted up again i got this eeprom > can'tload error!! i put those lines back in and it wasall good again...i > hope this helped ya bud!! > > At 09:17 PM 7/5/00 -0700, Mark Smith wrote: > >Someone previously mentioned their system reported something about > >not finding the EEPROM on a 3c509 during boot. Well, it happened to > >me and I can at least give some symptoms. > > > >1. I booted from the 4.0R CD and entered the visual config. I disabled > >everything in storage except the floppy (I run a Adaptec 2940UW) and > >anything else that I didn't need. Continued on and the card came up > >just fine. > > > >2. I rebooted from the 4.0R CD and left the config default and kept > >booting and then the ep driver reported no EEPROM and a NIC > >address of all 00 > > > >The card has been configed with 3c5x9cfg to have PNP disabled and > >an IRQ of 10 and IO of 0x300. > > > >I hope this can help somebody. > >Mark > >-- > >========================================================================= > >UNIX IS user friendly, it's just very choosy about who it calls a friend! > >========================================================================= > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- ========================================================================= UNIX IS user friendly, it's just very choosy about who it calls a friend! ========================================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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