Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 08:05:39 -0700 From: "Stephen P. Burch" <sburch@comput.cs.mci.com> To: invalid opcode <coredump@nervosa.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I have a 3com Etherlink III card 3C509B-COMBO that didn't configure Message-ID: <31346F43.41C6@comput.cs.mci.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960227150740.17086A-100000@nervosa.com>
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invalid opcode wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Feb 1996 sburch@comput.cs.mci.com wrote: > > > I have a 3com Etherlink III card 3C509B-COMBO that didn't configure when I > > booted my system. I am just learning UNIX and am not sure how to get it to > > configure. What should I do? looking at the documentation I see that the > > Steve, Lost in FreeBSD land. :-) > > Did ep0 just not show up when you booted it? Do you have win95 on this > same machine? Try booting the kernel with the -c option (enter at boot > prompt), and type visual when you get to the second prompt. > > == Chris Layne ============================================================== > == coredump@nervosa.com ================= http://www.nervosa.com/~coredump == Two things I did. 1st, went into the 3C509B-COMBO install disk and found that was set to plug and pray. There was the option to turn off the p&p, which I did and then I reconfigured the adaptor. 2nd. I booted Freebsd with -c and went visual. found that the base address was set at 300h in the config and that the actual base address of the adaptor was 340h. I modified that and Q out of config. The system booted up SEEING the card. Thanks for the help. -- ----------------------------------------------- comment of the week: Blessed are the Flexible for they shall not be bent out of shape! Steve Burch -----------------------------------------------
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