From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Dec 15 15:33:36 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from femail4.sdc1.sfba.home.com (femail4.sdc1.sfba.home.com [24.0.95.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA1A637B405 for ; Sat, 15 Dec 2001 15:33:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from zeus ([24.43.121.67]) by femail4.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with ESMTP id <20011215233323.QOPJ1739.femail4.sdc1.sfba.home.com@zeus> for ; Sat, 15 Dec 2001 15:33:23 -0800 Received: from zeus (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zeus (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC9521602F for ; Sat, 15 Dec 2001 18:39:35 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 18:39:35 -0500 X-Mailer: 21.4 (patch 5) "Civil Service" XEmacs Lucid (via feedmail 9-beta-7 I); VM 6.96 under 21.4 (patch 5) "Civil Service" XEmacs Lucid From: "S. Salman Ahmed" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15387.57142.614927.812530@gargle.gargle.HOWL> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems installing 4.3R/4.4R on a Compaq DeskPro4000 In-Reply-To: <20011215233627.V10171@md2.mediadesign.nl> References: <15387.52297.545778.294403@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <20011215233627.V10171@md2.mediadesign.nl> Reply-To: ssahmed@pathcom.com X-No-Archive: Yes X-Operating-System: Linux zeus 2.4.16 i686 X-Organization: Ahmed Software Consulting Inc. X-Home-Page: http://www.pathcom.com/~ssahmed X-URL: http://www.pathcom.com/~ssahmed X-Disclaimer: I didn't do it, little green aliens wrote this email Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >>>>> "AM" == Alson van der Meulen writes: AM> I ran FreeBSD 4.2/4.3/4.4 on a Deskpro 4000 without much AM> problem, except that the BIOS wouldn't boot without keyboard, AM> and the hd's failed as soon as it fell back from DMA to PIO :( AM> AM> The tl0 NIC worked just fine for me. Is a 100mbit extension AM> module installed? Maybe removing it would help. I didn't try AM> with extension module since I didn't have one. Hmmm, how do I check for the 100mbit extension module ? >> This box has a Texas Instruments ThunderLAN based internal NIC: >> >> Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX Embedded UTP, 10 T PCI UTP/Coax, >> 10/100 TX UTP AM> Which one is it? I think I had the second one. Oh right! I think its the first one as the Linux-2.2.x driver detects this NIC as: Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX Embedded UTP Rev. 16 AM> It appears that the kernel thinks the NIC works just fine, but AM> it doesn't transmit any data. Did you look with tcpdump for any AM> traffic sent by that NIC on your network from a different box? AM> No, I will try that later. AM> It could also be a mediatype/speed/duplex problem (please show AM> the output of ifconfig tl0, can be run from the emergency shell AM> thingie), and the speed that your hub/switch report (you should AM> be able to determine at least the speed from LED's). AM> ifconfig tl0 from vty4 reports: tl0: flag=8843 mtu 1500 inet6 fe80::208:c7ff:fec0:c86%t10 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 inet 192.168.1.6 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 ether 00:08:c7:c0:0c:86 media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX ) status: active this is after DHCP config has failed (installer waited for a while at "Scanning for DHCP servers" and eventually prompted for static net configuration of tl0). The switch reports 10/100 full-duplex connectivity when the cable from the Deskpro4000 is plugged into it. BTW, only the yellow LED lights up on the NIC. AM> Does the LED on your hub/switch for that port go on when you AM> plug the cable in? Yes it does. BTW, I am unable to run ping from the emergency shell on vty4. If I could run ping, I would at least check to see if I could ping: - my internal net gateway (192.168.1.1) - @Home's gateway - the @Home nameservers that I am using Thanks Alson. PS : How do I get into the Deskpro4000's BIOS settings ? When I boot the box, all I see is "Press F12 for Network Service Boot" in the bottom right hand corner. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT pathcom DOT com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message