Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 10:57:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Simon Lindgren <lindgren@istudio.no> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3C900 installation voes Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970807105622.252C-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19970805162709.009b5d60@istudio.no>
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On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Simon Lindgren wrote: > Installing 2.2.2 release over ftp with a 3C900-COMBO Etherlink XL PCI > network interface gives me a headache. On the device list, the vx0 > device is listed under PCI-devices, mentioning the 3C590/3C595 cards, > but not mine. FreeBSD detects my card properly on startup though: > > vx0 <3COM 3C900 Etherlink XL PCI> rev 0 int a irq 5 on pci0:16 > utp/avi/bnc[*utp*] address:blahblahblah > > which looks good, yes? Yeah, look OK. The vx driver does support the 90x series. > On connecting with FTP to a suitable source for FreeBSD, trying with a > name gives me a DNS lookup failure - trying with an IP address gives me > an "unknown error". > > I know the card sucks, but it's only temporary. Have you checked cabling and your addresses? You might try hopping over to the debug console on ALT-F2 and see if you can find a more specific error message. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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