Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 18:49:25 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.com> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM Thinkpad 365X versus 36589D-COMBO Message-ID: <199706170049.SAA28096@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199706141516.LAA10841@hda.hda.com> References: <199706141516.LAA10841@hda.hda.com>
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> I've purchased a Thinkpad 365X with 10.5" TFT display for $1099 > from USA Flex. I can't get a 3C589D-COMBO to work. First of all, the 3C589D (vs. the 3C589, 3C589B, and 3C589C) card was released *after* 2.2.1, and I didn't get the change into the 2.2 branch until *after* 2.2.2 was shipped, not even knowing a release was immenent. > When I boot either of the pc-card boot floppies (one ftp'd from > .jp and the one on the 2.2.1 CDROM) and let it do the default PC > card probes it properly finds the card and hooks it in as an "ep". Ahh, you're using the PAO patches. > When I ifconfig it up and down I can see the LED on the BNC adapter > flash, so we're talking to it OK. However, it isn't working: > attempts to load over NFS result in send errors from mount_nfs and > attempts to do an ftp install hang when it adds the default router. > I don't see any LED flashes at all. Any ideas? Yep. It's selecting the wrong connector. Try messing with the link flags, and see if they help. Either '-link0 link1' or 'link0 -link1' appended to the end of the ifconfig line should do the trick. Nate
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