Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 14:43:41 +0100 From: "Gallagher, Mick" <mick.gallagher@roke.co.uk> To: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: 'Omachonu Ogali' <oogali@intranova.net> Subject: kernel.conf file (Was RE: Can't get ep to see Etherlink III ISA N IC on 3.4R) Message-ID: <D76D503DE976D1119C7E00A0C944D87501CA7FAC@RSYS002A>
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I've only recently installed FreeBSD, so I'm still figuring out how things work. The 'di ep' stuff I inherited from the default /boot/kernel.conf file. Why was this in there? How was this file generated? Should I nuke the file altogether? Thanks, Mick > -----Original Message----- > From: Omachonu Ogali [mailto:oogali@intranova.net] > Sent: 18 May 2000 14:31 > To: Eric Jacoboni > Cc: 'questions@freebsd.org' > Subject: Re: Can't get ep to see Etherlink III ISA NIC on 3.4R > > > On 18 May 2000, Eric Jacoboni wrote: > > > >>>>> "Gallagher" == Gallagher, Mick > <mick.gallagher@roke.co.uk> writes: > > > > Gallagher> The ep device line is definitely in the kernel > > Gallagher> configuration file, but I > > Gallagher> don't see any indication of ep doing anything at > boot time. > > > > Is it a PnP card ? Mine is a 3C509B and dmesg output is : > > > > ep0: <3Com 3C509B-TPO EtherLink III (PnP)> at port > 0x210-0x21f irq 9 on isa0 > > ep0: Ethernet address 00:20:af:c4:92:fc > > > > Gallagher> I ran an msdos diagnostics disk on the system, > and it found > > Gallagher> the NIC no problem (it described it as '3COM913 ET 0'). > > > > Try to disable the PnP stuff if you can. > > The problem here was that the card was being disabled 'di ep' > instead of > being searched for. > > > > > > > -- > +------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------+ > | Omachonu Ogali > oogali@intranova.net | > | Intranova Networking Group > http://tribune.intranova.net | > | PGP Key ID: > 0xBFE60839 | > | PGP Fingerprint: C8 51 14 FD 2A 87 53 D1 E3 AA 12 12 > 01 93 BD 34 | > +------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------+ > > > > 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
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