Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 02:51:49 +0059 (MET) From: Andreas Schulz <ats@freebsd.first.gmd.de> To: Dennis.Gilbert@portals.pdx.edu Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netboot code not booting from EPROM on WD/SMC cards. Message-ID: <199512230152.CAA05986@freebsd.first.gmd.de> In-Reply-To: <199512221034.CAA09613@baldrick.portals.pdx.edu> from "Dennis Gilbert" at Dec 22, 95 02:34:10 am
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> o The NIC cards are jumpered for ROM address 0xd8000. > o DOS debug shows all 0xff at 0xd8000 ( d d800:0000 -> FF FF FF FF ... ). > For some reason the NIC does not seem to be address decoding for the > ROM memory range. Check that you have the eproms enabled, some of the SMC cards have a jumper on them to enable the eprom and to set the address of the eprom. Also check, that your motherboard doesn't use this address for RAM, normally somewhere under the advanced and/or chipset setup are the options. ATS ( ats@first.gmd.de or ats@cs.tu-berlin.de ) Andreas Schulz GMD-FIRST 12489 Berlin-Adlershof Rudower Chaussee 5 Gebaeude 13.10 Tel: +49-30-6392-1856/+49-177-2134745 Germany/Europe
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