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From: deaven@iastate.edu ()
Subject: Re: 3com ethernet
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References: <1993Oct19.004725.1@hirama.hiram.edu>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 16:36:42 GMT
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joe@hirama.hiram.edu writes:

>I just put 386bsd0.1 on my gateway 486/33 and the system won't recognize
>my 3com 3c3509 etherlink III network card.  Does anybody else have this 
>problem or know where I can get a patch.  Any mail about the FreeBSD,
>NetBSD, or linux:: pro's and con's would bwe nice.
>Posts are fine but email is better.
>   joe@hiramk.hiram.edu

  Well, I also have a 3Com 3C509 card, and am installing NetBSD.  So
far NetBSD works great, but as for recognizing the card, no luck, and
I now wonder if this card is actually supported (some other, earlier
3Com cards are according to the docs).  Anybody?

David Deaven
deaven@iastate.edu