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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!disco.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!sgigate.sgi.com!news.cs.indiana.edu!news.nstn.ca!coranto.ucs.mun.ca!news.unb.ca!agate.nbnet.nb.ca!news From: cavenerl@nbnet.nb.ca (Lance Cavener) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: 3COM Token Ring card Date: Tue, 04 Jun 1996 00:29:00 GMT Organization: VSi Lines: 36 Message-ID: <4p0026$4k7@agate.nbnet.nb.ca> References: <x6buj2hnoc.fsf@mustang.via.net> <4orv86$b3m@agate.nbnet.nb.ca> <DsFuvq.rw@solair1.inter.NL.net> Reply-To: cavenerl@nbnet.nb.ca NNTP-Posting-Host: mctnts02c09.nbnet.nb.ca X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 geertj@solair1.inter.NL.net (Geert Jan de Groot) wrote: >cavenerl@nbnet.nb.ca (Lance Cavener) writes: >>>My system hangs when it probes out the tr0 (3com token ring card). >> Let me tell you a little secret that BSD tech support told me.. DONT >>use a 3Com. And don't even TRY the 3c509 (it hangs at boot, or 100% >>packet loss). They are really slow. According to tech sup. the DEC >>cards are suppost to work flawlessly with BSDI. >This is how rumors come into the world. If it was a rumor BSDI wouldnt have told me that. Right? :P >The 3C509 is an ethernet card, and the original asker asked about >a token ring card. To the best of my knowledge, there is no DEC >token ring card on the supported hardware list. Dec makes nice token ring cards BTW, and yes it is supported. >I know of one small defiency in the 3C59x support (that is NOT the 3C5x9!) >A workaround is in the works. People who can't wait for that should >contact me privately. >Can you describe what you did to get hang at boot, or 100% packet loss? >I have roughly 35 3C509's in service and they work without a hitch, >under heavy load. Want to know what I get at boot? How about nothing? It goes to mount the /usr partiton at the end of detecting all the devices (And it detects the 3Com III) and just hangs.. Doesnt do anything.. Doesnt mount, doesnt boot, bleh. I can hit ctrl-alt-del though and reboot.. Thats about it.. LC