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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!ieunet!maths.tcd.ie!maths.tcd.ie!not-for-mail From: creilly@maths.tcd.ie (Colman Reilly) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 3COM PCI 3C590 Fast Etherlink III. Is network installation possible? Date: 18 Jun 1996 18:40:55 +0100 Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Lines: 31 Message-ID: <4q6pn7$deh@bell.maths.tcd.ie> References: <4pm6nm$4kt@bioalp.biobase.dk> <4q3jvv$le4@mksrv1.dseg.ti.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bell.maths.tcd.ie rnestor@ti.com (Bob Nestor) writes: >In article <4pm6nm$4kt@bioalp.biobase.dk>, tobez@biobase.dk says... >> >>Hello! >> >>I have a 3COM 3C590 PCI network card on my system. >>It is noted in release notes to FreeBSD 2.1-960606-SNAP that this card is >>supported by FreeBSD. >> >You need the boot.flp image from the SNAP. It was in the 0606 SNAP and it's >in the latest SNAP as well, but I've been unable to make it work on my 3C590 >board. It's found during the boot process, but no combination of options >seems to bring it to life on my system even though the board and connection >work under Win-3.11. >Good luck. If you succeed in making it work I'd like to know how you did it. >-bob You probably need to set the auto-detection on using the DOS setup disks. I can't persuade some of my 590's to respond to ifconfig -link My advice would be to lose the card and get one of those nice SMC ones. Colman -- Colman Reilly (creilly@maths.tcd.ie) [+353-(0)1-7022280] c/o School of Mathematics,18.05 Westland Row,Trinity College,Dublin. PGP Public Key on Request MIME OK "Nothing so strong as gentleness; nothing so gentle as real strength."