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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!!!!!
>> > > > > > >>
>> > > > > > >>
>> > > > > > >>
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>> > > > > > >
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