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From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To: Sam Carleton <scarleton@miltonstreet.com>
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Subject: Re: HOWTO: add a NIC?
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* Sam Carleton <scarleton@miltonstreet.com> [000402 11:14] wrote:
> Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> 
> > * Sam Carleton <scarleton@miltonstreet.com> [000402 10:38] wrote:
> > > I just added a 3COM nic to my FreeBSD machine.  It is not auto detecting
> > >
> > > it, I think I need to set the IRQ/PORT, how do I go about doing that?
> >
> > Which 3com NIC?
> 
> 3C509-COMBO,  I had it working on the machine, when I reinstalled FreeBSD, I
> forgot to enter the correct IRQ/PORT (10/0x320) in the beginning and don't
> know how to add it after the fact.  I have the same problem with a Intel Pro
> NIC (ISA).

at the bootloader type:
  boot -c

then you can type 'vi' at the next prompt to enter the kernel config.

you'll then have to do a dmesg after you boot and look at the top for
this:

config> irq sbc0 5
config> flag sio1 0x30

you should put those lines in /boot/kernel.conf

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-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
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