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Date:      Thu, 29 Jun 2000 13:31:55 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Jason Fuller <platypus@wombat.matrixtek.net>
To:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Ethernet card
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10006291330470.438-100000@wombat.matrixtek.net>
In-Reply-To: <395B811D.BBA77F1D@thehousleys.net>

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On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, James Housley wrote:

> Lars Eggert wrote:
> > 
> > > On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, James Housley wrote:
> > > 3COM 3c509B-TPO
> > > 10T/10-2 card, I believe.
> > 
> > 3com has pretty nice diagnostic/config software for this available from
> > their support site, if you have any chance to run Windows at all.
> > 
> This utility will also will run in DOS.  A Boot Dos disk is easier to
> find.

A reconfig of the card through the dos utility to make it PNP with the
bios PNP off seems to have allowed FreeBSD to see it and use it nicely.  A
bit confusing, maybe, why this would be the case, but it is so.



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