From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 3 17:04:42 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA02940 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 3 Jun 1997 17:04:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from geocities.com (mail2.geocities.com [204.7.246.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA02900 for ; Tue, 3 Jun 1997 17:04:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from www.patrick.com (lex-2-2.iglou.net [204.255.227.53]) by geocities.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA21467; Tue, 3 Jun 1997 17:01:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.0 [p0] on FreeBSD MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="_=XFMail.1.0.p0.FreeBSD:970603200150:1330=_" In-Reply-To: <97Jun3.152350edt.6202@netgate.iectech.com> Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 19:58:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Patrick Gardella To: Chris Peltier Subject: RE: Compaq Deskpro XL 6150 compatability Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk This message is in MIME format --_=XFMail.1.0.p0.FreeBSD:970603200150:1330=_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii The only way I could get it to work was use a cheap Allied Telesys ISA ethernet card. Gave me fits trying to figure out why the expensive 3COM PCI card never w worked on any of our three different Compaqs (Don't ask the model numbers. They're at work, and I'm not!). Not the best answer, but it works. patrick On 03-Jun-97 Chris Peltier wrote: > >Does anybody have the Deskpro XL 6150 running >FreeBSD? I have read about some problems with >the integrated ethernet and SCSI controllers but >never saw a resolution. Booting with the boot floppy >from 2.2.2 release detects all the PCI controllers >OK but the screen goes blank at sysinstall. >Any ideas? +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Patrick S. Gardella Developer - The Creative Group | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | http://www.cre8tivegroup.com | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | pgardella@geocities.com PGP Key ID 0xEE2D47A9 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ --_=XFMail.1.0.p0.FreeBSD:970603200150:1330=_ Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Postage paid by:

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