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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!swing.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!cuhknntp!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!Germany.EU.net!news.dfn.de!RRZ.Uni-Koeln.DE!se From: se@MI.Uni-Koeln.DE (Stefan Esser) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 2.1.0 10/5 PCI install problems Date: 27 Oct 1995 14:21:15 GMT Organization: Institute for Mathematics, University of Cologne, Germany Lines: 33 Message-ID: <46qpsr$co8@news.rrz.uni-koeln.de> References: <DH0EKC.204@tigger.jvnc.net> <46orob$e4n@Apollo.dmacc.cc.ia.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: sysiphos.mi.uni-koeln.de To: "Charles F. Randall" <crandall@dmacc.cc.ia.us> In article <46orob$e4n@Apollo.dmacc.cc.ia.us>, cfr@dmacc.cc.ia.us (Charles F. Randall) writes: |> John Lucas <jlucas@uvi.edu> wrote: |> :I am having several problems installing the Oct 5th SNAPshot |> :version 2.1.0 on my system. |> |> [config] |> :Ethernet - SMC Etherpower 10Mb/sec (SMC8432T) in PCI slot 3 |> |> :Problem number two: |> : |> :After installing FreeBSD from the DOS partition and generating |> :a kernal with de0 support, I get the following error: |> : |> : de0: can't read ENET ROM (why=-4) |> : |> :The probe detects a: |> : |> :Digital DC21041 Ethernet rev 17 int a irq 11 on pci0:20 |> |> I've got a 133 MHz Gateway with the SMC PCI Ethernet card that is also |> recognized as de0. Shouldn't this be recognized as ed0? That SMC PCI Ethernet card uses a DEC 21x4x chips. And "de0" is the correct driver. The "ed0" driver is for WD8003 (and newer :) cards. Regards, STefan -- Stefan Esser, Zentrum fuer Paralleles Rechnen Tel: +49 221 4706021 Universitaet zu Koeln, Weyertal 80, 50931 Koeln FAX: +49 221 4705160 ============================================================================== http://www.zpr.uni-koeln.de/~se <se@ZPR.Uni-Koeln.DE>