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From: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net>
To: Jim Swain <dswain@bev.net>
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I don't know specifically about FreeBSD, but with BSD/OS, I've had to 
take the 3com disk, boot dos, and disable the plug and play ability on 
the card.  Once I did that, it's worked fine under BSD/OS.

And now that I think about it, that fixed it for FreeBSD as well.

On Thu, 2 Nov 1995, Jim Swain wrote:

> I have a general question that I do not seem to be able to find any
> documentation.  I am attempting to install FreeBSD on my PC (Gateway2000).
> It has a 3Com Etherlink III card
> in it (3C509b - TPO).  I have used the boot floopy to begin my installation
> and manually configured the correct i/o ports and IRQ.  However, FreeBSD
> still does no recognize that I have this ethernet card.  Where can I find
> documentation on troubleshooting this type of problem?
> 
> Thanks,
> J. Swain
> 
>