From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 1 08:24:42 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CA7016A4CE for ; Tue, 1 Mar 2005 08:24:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27F5843D72 for ; Tue, 1 Mar 2005 08:24:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) j218Ogb20304; Tue, 1 Mar 2005 00:24:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Paul Bickford" , Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 00:24:39 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1478 In-Reply-To: <84716db267f858350a9cd4da7d37e49c@jimmy.harvard.edu> Importance: Normal Subject: RE: Boot error - 3Com 3C509-TPO Etherlink 3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 08:24:42 -0000 owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org wrote: > Hey there. I'm trying to do a fresh install of 5.3, but can't get > past this error: > > ep0: <3Com 3C509-TPO EtherLink III> at port 0x300-0x30f > irq10 on isa0 > ep0: No irq?! > ep0: ep_alloc() failed! (6) > panic: resource_list_release: resource entry is not busy > Uptime: 1s Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the > console to abort > > I had no problem with this model of NIC under 5.1, but I can't seem to > get going with 5.3. I've swapped cards, swapped machines, swapped > installation methods (floppy-vs-CD), and I always get the same error. > > Had I the choice, I'd just try a different model card, but that's not > an option for me (the machine I'm installing it on doesn't have PCI > slots, and I have gobs of these NICs at my disposal). > > Any idea what happened between 5.1 and 5.3 to break this card? How > can I get past this error? > Boot from a dos floppy, run 3c5x9cfg, turn off plug and play. Or alternatively, leave pnp on, and set your bios to "non pnp OS" if it has that setting. This doesen't always work. Be aware the 3c509 needs to be a b version at least (yellow silkscreeing not white) and even then is a real POS network card for FreeBSD. Ted