Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 01:39:22 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> To: davide+freebsd@cs.cmu.edu Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ThinkPad install can't find ep(4) driver Message-ID: <20011119013922.L69555@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <20880.1006150812@piper.nectar.cs.cmu.edu>; from davide%2Bfreebsd@cs.cmu.edu on Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 01:20:12AM -0500 References: <20880.1006150812@piper.nectar.cs.cmu.edu>
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On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 01:20:12AM -0500, davide+freebsd@cs.cmu.edu wrote: > I am trying to install FreeBSD 4.4 on a ThinkPad 560X, > using FTP via a 3Com Etherlink III (3C589). The device > configures and works both on Windows (yuck) and a previous > installation of FreeBSD 4.0 that I want to wipe out. > My problem is that during the device configuration step > I can't find the ep driver. > > 4.0 finds the card as > ep0: <3Com Etherlink III 3C589> at port 0x240-24f irq 10 slot 0 on pccard0 > > Windows maps it as > 0110-011F, IRQ 11 > > 3Com's 3LINK-ID program says > 3C589C > IRQ 10 > I/O Base 300 > "optimized for OS/2 client" > "max modem speed 9600" (huh?) > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.4-RELEASE/HARDWARE.TXT > says that the 3C589 is supported by the ep driver. > > But when I boot up the installation floppies, and enter > UserConfig, the only "Active" network devices are cs0, > ed0, fe0, ie0, lnc0, and sn0. If I tab over to the > Inactive side, there are no network devices listed. If > I try again in CLI mode instead of visual mode, typing > "enable ep0" yields "No such device: ep0", which agrees > with the output of "ls". > > http://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/4-STABLE/hardware/i386/x1755.html > says "A compressed version of the GENERIC kernel is also > used on the installation floppy diskette and DOS boot > image". Is it possible that this "compression" includes > removing the ep driver? Nope. It's on there. Are you getting asked about whether you want to use PCCARD devices for installation media right after the kernel boots? How are you configuring things there? -- Crist J. Clark | cjclark@alum.mit.edu | cjclark@jhu.edu http://people.freebsd.org/~cjc/ | cjc@freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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