From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 19 10:25:31 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from 2711.dynacom.net (2711.dynacom.net [206.107.213.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7102037B423 for ; Sat, 19 Aug 2000 10:25:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from urx.com (dsl1-160.dynacom.net [206.159.132.160]) by 2711.dynacom.net (Build 101 8.9.3/NT-8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA01514; Sat, 19 Aug 2000 10:25:27 -0700 Message-ID: <399EC307.F454459B@urx.com> Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 10:25:27 -0700 From: Kent Stewart Reply-To: kstewart@urx.com Organization: Dynacom X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.74 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: billmc@internetaddress.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What happened to 3c589/3c509 install support? References: <000001c009fe$2dd7bb70$6401a8c0@tp770z> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Bill McMilleon wrote: > > I've used both my 3c509 ISA NIC and my 3c589 PC Card NIC to easily install > FreeBSD before (the 3.x series). Since 4.1 has been released (maybe since > 4.0?) I've noticed that ep0 is no longer listed as a supported Network > device during kernel configuration. Where have you been looking? The LINT has the following lines # Network interfaces: `cx', `ed', `el', `ep', `ie', `is', `le', `lnc' # # ar: Arnet SYNC/570i hdlc sync 2/4 port V.35/X.21 serial driver (requires sppp) # cs: IBM Etherjet and other Crystal Semi CS89x0-based adapters # cx: Cronyx/Sigma multiport sync/async (with Cisco or PPP framing) # ed: Western Digital and SMC 80xx; Novell NE1000 and NE2000; 3Com 3C503 # el: 3Com 3C501 (slow!) # ep: 3Com 3C509 I use a 3C509 (aka device ep) to connect to my DSL modem. I tried using a "ed" based card and never got it to work. I could get a ep for $10 and it worked on the first kernel. I ended up with an IRQ conflict when I pulled the Intel 100+ that I was using for my main NIC. I used a Win98se startup disk and used the 3Com config to change the IRQ, which got rid of that problem. > Has support for these devices been > removed from the standard install kernel? If so, I'm sure there was a good > reason, but I have no idea what that reason would be. On the other hand, > maybe I'm clueless on this and someone could show me just what to do in > order to perform a network-based install using either of these NICs. Can't help here. I have only done installs from a CDROM. I did download the iso's for 4.0 and 4.1 burn them as images on a W2K machine. Kent > > --Bill McMilleon > billmc@internetaddress.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ Bomber dropping fire retardant in front of Hanford Wild fire. http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/bomber.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message