From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 22 08:17:38 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id IAA06698 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 22 Sep 1995 08:17:38 -0700 Received: from motgate.mot.com (motgate.mot.com [129.188.136.100]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id IAA06688 for ; Fri, 22 Sep 1995 08:17:33 -0700 Received: from pobox.mot.com (pobox.mot.com [129.188.137.100]) by motgate.mot.com (8.6.11/8.6.10/MOT-3.8) with ESMTP id KAA29446 for ; Fri, 22 Sep 1995 10:17:01 -0500 Received: from segfs001.rollingmdws.pamd.cig.mot.com (segfs001.rollingmdws.pamd.cig.mot.com [160.4.63.51]) by pobox.mot.com (8.6.11/8.6.10/MOT-3.8) with SMTP id KAA13059 for ; Fri, 22 Sep 1995 10:16:59 -0500 Received: from segws002.rollingmdws.pamd.cig.mot.com by segfs001.rollingmdws.pamd.cig.mot.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #10) id m0sw9qS-0011VvC; Fri, 22 Sep 95 10:16 CDT Received: by segws002.rollingmdws.pamd.cig.mot.com (Smail3.1.28.1 #10) id m0sw9nB-000VWVC; Fri, 22 Sep 95 10:13 CDT From: rthomas@pamd.cig.mot.com (Robert Owen Thomas) Message-Id: <9509221013.ZM13707@pamd.cig.mot.com> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 10:13:33 -0500 In-Reply-To: Julian Elischer "Embarrassing problem re: ed0" (Sep 22, 2:09am) References: <199509220709.AAA10470@ref.tfs.com> X-Face: '+o0q01K;YU[Po[u16e?snj8;Ph$olcxk+[`d9&@_u}|*>qi52AcH"6z36pohM2<-EvKgoH[/FTF`GG)Csl`+9(6V/3W/BC9Pu3l0\2y$wGP@bj!Yn~f=_#.x.dYzEWFDe_MLBUIK\n[nkM_sq}/OjBILuOP$:F1#;YjjN3?PG8CJTwD"p/zT~^V_MqO\e Subject: Re: Embarrassing problem re: ed0 Cc: questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk hello, Julian-- yes, i have seen this problem as well. on a Packard-Bell Pentium machine. no matter which card i installed, no success! to top it off, it is the same problem you describe. i can not allocate any RAM (pick your favourite, D000, D8000, C0000, etc.). i suggest you run the diagnostic tests that are supplied by the ethernet card vendors. i ran the diagnostics for the 3Com Etherlink III and SMC/16 cards, and both failed to allocate or find a free RAM space. not good. for a time, i suspected a DMA conflict. this does not seem to be the case. in the end, i replaced the motherboard... does anyone else have a happy ending to this problem? 8-( incidentally, the BIOS was the same on the new and the old motherboard, AMIBIOS. you will have better luck, if you can use 10 Base-T, with the Ether EZ card from Western Digital/SMC. this card does not use shared RAM, and works just fine with my old offending motherboard. regards and sympathies, --robert -- o robert owen thomas: unix consultant. cymro ydw i. user scratching post. o o e-mail: Robert.Thomas@pamd.cig.mot.com --or-- robt@cymru.com o o vox: 708.435.7076 fax: 708.435.7360 o o "When I die, I want to go sleeping like my grandfather... o o Not screaming like the passengers in his car." o