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Date:      Sun, 18 Feb 1996 21:30:33 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        patl@Phoenix.Volant.ORG
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: 2.1R -vs- 3c509 : Probe failure
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960218212913.15513B-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <9602182147.AA18055@asimov.volant.org>

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On Sun, 18 Feb 1996 patl@asimov.volant.org wrote:

> I've just installed FreeBSD 2.1R on an older 486 ISA/VESA machine;
> and it is refusing to recoginze the 3Com 3c509.  It is an older board
> and does not appear to support Plug-n-Play.
> 
> This is a fresh install from the CD-ROM; so I'm still using the
> default GENERIC kernel; and I'm fairly confident that no other
> boards are responding at 0x300.
> 
> Initially, the probe was reporting:
> 
> 	1 3C5x9 board(s) on ISA found at 0x210
> 	ep0 not found at 0x300

Does the setup program even give you an option to disable pnp?  If it 
does I'd give it a shot.  If not, try a new EtherDisk from ftp.3com.com.  
Some older setups didn't give you the option to disable it even though 
the 509s support it.  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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