Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 18:20:15 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Wadlow <wadlow@pilot.net> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ethernet options on 2.2-GAMMA Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.95P.970224175135.4784A-100000@dc3.pilot.net> In-Reply-To: <4217.856835032@time.cdrom.com>
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> > - The kernel boot messages place the zp0 (the Etherlink III) > > device init messages just a few lines before the screen clears > > to start the initialization. Try as I might, I am not fast enough > > to read those lines to determine if it is successfully finding the > > zp0 device in the fraction of a second it is visible. > > jkh points emphatically at the scroll-lock key and the "Usage" item > in the very first sysinstall menu which documents its usage. :-) Ah, you mean the unusual option at the very *bottom* of the otherwise bland and uninteresting page designed to convince you that it is totally canonical and therefore not worth reading. ;-) Yes, I found it and it was quite helpful. In fact, scrolling back shows that it is somewhat schizophrenic about my Etherlink card. It sees the card in the slot, but does not seem to recognize the fact that it is a zp0 card. > Install over a SLIP or PLIP connection? Try a different PCCARD > adaptor? :-) So....you're saying that you *don't* support the 3c589 Etherlink, your HARDWARE.TXT and install programs to the contrary? > > You might also try the PAO floppy - It's available from Tatsumi > Hosokawa's home page (I don't have an exact URL, but it's an easy net > search target) and has better support for PCCARD devices in general. I'll check it out. Thanks!! --Tom
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