Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 08:11:35 -0400 From: steinyv <steinyv@skyweb.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3com 3c509 is the wacknes!! Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.20000703081030.009b8c80@> In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.1.20000702233853.00adf460@pop3.concentric.net> References: <200007030647.e636lGS06073@lerami.lerctr.org> <4.3.1.1.20000702232412.00ad3450@pop3.concentric.net>
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Try dumping the bios by taking the battery out and putting it back in, or resetting the cmos via jumper pins on the motherboard...... At 02:39 AM 7/3/00 , you wrote: >bios is passworded =( >At 01:47 AM 7/3/00 -0500, Larry Rosenman wrote: >> > thats whats pissing me off! i dont know anything about it other than its a >> > 3Com 3c509b isa..i got this old computer from a school donation and now im >> > mesing with it and installed freebsdm, runs great..right now im setting up >> > a dos bootdisk w/ this 3com dos util and im gona disable pnp on the card, >> > hopefully it goes well >>I mean in the BIOS of this computer....???? >> >>LER >> >> > but At 01:23 AM 7/3/00 -0500, Larry Rosenman wrote: >> > >Is it set to PCI/PNP or LEGACY ISA? >> > > >> > >(15 is usually the 2nd IDE controller, so You may need to >> > >free it and tell the BIOS to use it for LEGACY ISA). >> > > >> > >Larry >> > > > i think its free... in my bios setup it has 14,11, and 10 being used.. >> > > > At 01:02 AM 7/3/00 -0500, Larry Rosenman wrote: >> > > > > > thanks for the quick reply.. i tried just device ep ( thats >> what it >> > > > > says to >> > > > > > do in to LINT also) and it just gives me this on boot up: >> > > > > > >> > > > > > ep0: <3Com 35c09-Comba Etherlink III> at port 0x280-0x28f irq >> 15 on >> > > isa0 >> > > > > > ep0: No irq?! >> > > > > > ep0: ep_alloc() failed! (6) >> > > > >Is IRQ 15 free in the BIOS? >> > > > > >> > > > >Larry >> > > > > > >> > > > > > i canot figure it out... >> > > > > > >> > > > > > At 08:30 PM 7/2/00 -0400, you wrote: >> > > > > > >You dont have to give it any arguements for the nic, just try >> > > device ep0 >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > >At 08:26 PM 7/2/00 , you wrote: >> > > > > > >>hello...im trying to get my 3com etherlink 3 to work on my >> 4.0 box. >> > > > > > >>heres my kernel config for it: >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > > >>device ep0 at isa? port 0x300 irq 10 >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > > >>i have the rest of the nic commented out. and when i boot up i >> > > get this: >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > > >>ep0 at port 0x300 irq 10 on isa0 >> > > > > > >>ep0: eeprom failed to come ready. >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > > >>ep0: Eterhnet adress 00:00:00:00:00:00 >> > > > > > >>ep1: <3Com 35c09-Comba Etherlink III> at port 0x280-0x28f irq 15 >> > > on isa0 >> > > > > > >>ep1: No irq?! >> > > > > > >>ep1: ep_alloc() failed! (6) >> > > > > > >>device_probe_and_attach: ep1 attach returned 6 >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > > >>i have no idea why ep1 even exists!! i read in the freebsd book >> > > that the >> > > > > > >>ep driver was buggy, anyone have any idea on this?? >> > > > > > >>thanks!!!!! >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > > >>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> > > > > > >>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > >_________________________________________ >> > > > > > >Steiny's Studio >> > > > > > >Pachyderm Productions >> > > > > > >http://steiny.hypermart.net >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> > > > > > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> > > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >-- >> > > > >Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler >> > > > >Phone: +1 972-414-9812 (voice) Internet: ler@lerctr.org >> > > > >US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> > > > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > > >> > > >> > >-- >> > >Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler >> > >Phone: +1 972-414-9812 (voice) Internet: ler@lerctr.org >> > >US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 >> > >> >> >>-- >>Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler >>Phone: +1 972-414-9812 (voice) Internet: ler@lerctr.org >>US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 >> >> >>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message _________________________________________ Steiny's Studio Pachyderm Productions http://steiny.hypermart.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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