From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat May 24 00:28:48 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA11600 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 24 May 1997 00:28:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA11595 for ; Sat, 24 May 1997 00:28:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id QAA05347; Sat, 24 May 1997 16:58:34 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199705240728.QAA05347@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: 3COM stuff In-Reply-To: from Chuck Robey at "May 24, 97 02:57:23 am" To: chuckr@Glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey) Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 16:58:33 +0930 (CST) Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Chuck Robey stands accused of saying: > I'm trying to install FreeBSD in a system I don't know the network card > on. Looking at it, I see 3COM Etherlink II, and the 2 option sets I see > show port as 310 and memory address as d8000. There doesn't seem to be > any indication of IRQ. > It's a 3c503. The IRQ is soft-set by the driver; pick any IRQ that's free. > thinwire cable, but I have a little thickwire/thinwire converter I know > works well, so I can use either. The driver defaults to thinwire, so you're fine there. > Thanks. I'm trying to bring up 2.2.2 and it won't (so far) find the > ethernet card, I think. NFS mounting hangs. I don't think this is a > FreeBSD install problem (not your worry, Jordan :-] ), just a hardware > thing. NFS on those cards is _BAD_. If at all possible, do an FTP install. If you must use NFS, make sure the rsize parameter is _small_ - I recommend 1024 as a general rule. > Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[