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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!psinntp!news.ge.com!combs!steve From: steve@combs (Stephen F. Combs) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: FreeBSD and 3Com Etherlink??? Date: 4 Nov 1993 19:31:11 GMT Organization: GE Drive Systems, Salem, VA Lines: 54 Message-ID: <2bbl9v$kac@alva.ge.com> References: <523@tourmalet.enst-bretagne.fr> Reply-To: CombsSF@Salem.GE.COM NNTP-Posting-Host: 3.29.5.200 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Alain Leroy 98.00.14.14 (alain@enstb.enst-bretagne.fr) wrote: : Helo, : I am trying to install FreeBSD on a Dell 486/33 and I have problems : whit the network. : The PC has 3Com Etherlink II card. : The first steps of the installation go as they do and I'd like install : the remaining by FTP. But, the ed0 interface is not seen at boot time, : neither any other network interface. I am sure the card is a 3Com : Etherlink II. : I've booted the kcopy-ah-floppy kernel. The disk seems correctly : identified with IDE (disk type: QUANTOM LP240A GM240A01X). : Poor of me... : Thanks for any idea. : Alain : -- : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- : - Alain Leroy TELECOM Bretagne | Tel (33) 98 00 14 14 - : - Departement Informatique et Reseaux| Fax (33) 98 00 12 82 98 45 51 33 - : - Technopole de BREST-IROISE | - : - BP 832 29285 BREST CEDEX FRANCE | E-Mail leroy@enstb.enst-bretagne.fr - : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Alain, IF it IS an Etherlink II board (3C503) then you need to setup the board to the following specs (set jumpers on board) Shared Memory: D800:0000 (set the jumper to the D800 pins) I/O Port: 280 (set the I/O jumper to the 280 pins) I'm working from memory as to what the jumpers are called, but that's where the generic kernal expects to find the board. BTW, It'd be better for you if you post the questions you have about FreeBSD to the 'comp.os.386bsd.questions' feed OR send e-mail with a description of your problem(s) to: freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com ======================================================================= Stephen F. Combs GE Industry Sales & Services My Employer is in NO way GE Drive Systems Responsible or Liable for Network Services Any Opinions expressed by 1501 Roanoke Blvd. Myself. Salem, VA 24153 Internet E-Mail: CombsSF@Salem.GE.COM Novell via Internet: Combs-SF@Salem.GE.COM =======================================================================