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To: "Stephen A. Derdau" <sderdau@xtdl.com>
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Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940 and FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 30 Nov 1997 13:45:56 EST."
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 11:23:24 -0800
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>upon the problem when loading FreeBSD for the uptenth time.
>I could install off the cdrom .  However, once it went to boot on it's own
>I would get a fatal error message after it cofigured sc0.

   Do you recall what the message said?

>But anyways I stumbled upon the 3com card problem after many many tries.
>I had to disable the memory on the card.  My next step is to try
>the memory address that is recommended for Intel16 cards, D000008 or 
>something.  Hope that works as far as the 3com card goes.

   I think you mean 0xd8000. In any case, make sure that the kernel
configuration agrees with the setting of the card.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project