From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat May 24 01:08:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA12919 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 24 May 1997 01:08:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nlsystems.com (nlsys.demon.co.uk [158.152.125.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA12912 for ; Sat, 24 May 1997 01:08:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from herring.nlsystems.com (herring.nlsystems.com [10.0.0.2]) by nlsystems.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA07030; Sat, 24 May 1997 09:08:18 +0100 (BST) Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 09:08:18 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson To: Michael Smith cc: Chuck Robey , FreeBSD-Hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3COM stuff In-Reply-To: <199705240728.QAA05347@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 24 May 1997, Michael Smith wrote: > Chuck Robey stands accused of saying: > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD in a system I don't know the network card > > on. Looking at it, I see 3COM Etherlink II, and the 2 option sets I see > > show port as 310 and memory address as d8000. There doesn't seem to be > > any indication of IRQ. > > > > It's a 3c503. The IRQ is soft-set by the driver; pick any IRQ that's > free. > > > thinwire cable, but I have a little thickwire/thinwire converter I know > > works well, so I can use either. > > The driver defaults to thinwire, so you're fine there. > > > Thanks. I'm trying to bring up 2.2.2 and it won't (so far) find the > > ethernet card, I think. NFS mounting hangs. I don't think this is a > > FreeBSD install problem (not your worry, Jordan :-] ), just a hardware > > thing. > > NFS on those cards is _BAD_. If at all possible, do an FTP install. > If you must use NFS, make sure the rsize parameter is _small_ - I > recommend 1024 as a general rule. In theory, NFS over TCP should be usable with these cards. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891 Fax: +44 181 381 1039