Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:20:00 -0500 From: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net> To: "bsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "Collins" <erichey2@attbi.com> Subject: Re: NIC fails - dc0: couldn't map ports.memory Message-ID: <20020325222525.ACFDA48425@wastegate.net> In-Reply-To: <20020321202219.20661709.erichey2@attbi.com>
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On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 20:22:19 -0700, Collins wrote: >I had a functional FreeBSD 4.4 system running on my prior computer >(K6/II 300Mz), but now I've switched to a new computer (P3/800Mz) and I >can't get it to work. > >I tried 4.4 (even built my own kernel) and now 4.5 with the same >results. > >I have a multi-boot system. Win98 on Slice 1, FreeBSD on Slice 2, and >several Linux partitions on extend partitions on the disk. I use grub >to boot. > >Eveything about the FreeBSD install works perfectly, except my NIC card. > The card shows up as an ADMtek Commet rev 17. It is on IRQ 11 (shared >with USB). Linux drives the card with the "tulip" module, and it works >perfectly. > >During install I selected the Ne1K, Ne2K,.... driver, but the card was >not seen - I didn't get an ethernet choice for network configuration >(same results with 4.4 and 4.5. After boot of the GENERIC kernel, the >kernel produces messages dc0: couldn't map ports/memory > dc0 attach returned 6 >On 4.4 I tried compiling a kernel with the de driver (which advertises >to be a "tulip" driver, but the card doesn't even appear - no messages >at all. > >When I searched the archives for this message, no one had provided much >in the way of an answer. The only recommendation was to alter the BIOS >to Plug-and-Play NO. Unfortunately, my BIOS does not have such an >option. > >Does anyone have any thoughts about this? Without a working NIC, I >can't get to my LAN and thus to the internet, so I would have to forget >about using FreeBSD. i would goto the manufacture and get a new bios update. a lot of times they add those nifty features like "PNP bios" etc, except I'm yet to see a newer board without that. --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net PGP Public Key Fingerprint: 7FEC 10AA 056B F8DE AC1E 6965 FBBE 9601 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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