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Date:      Mon, 15 Jul 1996 13:52:53 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Alex Nash <alex@fa.tdktca.com>
To:        Jon Mah <jamah@cs.rpi.edu>
Cc:        jkh@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org, bugs@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 2.1.5 installation does not work.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960715134733.27693L-100000@fa.tdktca.com>
In-Reply-To: <199607151702.NAA23480@eggbeater.cs.rpi.edu>

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On Mon, 15 Jul 1996, Jon Mah wrote:

> 	I have attempted FTP install on 2.1.5-RELEASE,
> and it has not worked for me.  Every time I try, it begins
> an FTP connection, and then mid-connection, it stops,
> the connection drops, and my machine becomes non-pingable.
> This happens every time, and is site independent.  I have
> tried it on ftp.freebsd.org, ftp2.freebsd.org, ftp3.freebsd.org,
> and a host on the local network with a mirror.
> 
> 	I have successfully done FTP installs of 2.1 and 2.0
> in the past, and I would appreciate any help as soon as possible
> regarding this.
> 
> 	I am running a Pentium 60 with 32 MB of RAM, a 1.2 Gig HD
> and 540 MB HD (both on wdc0) and a 3com 3c509 ISA Ethernet card (ep0).
> All the hardware is recognized correctly.

3c509 support is badly broken in 2.1.5R :(

Jordan, can we put together an alternate install disk with rev 1.28.4.5 
of if_ep.c?  3c509 support will quickly become a headache if we don't 
(and probably will even if we do :)

Alex



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