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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!sgigate.sgi.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!news.texas.net!bertha.pyramid.com!olivea!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!nmia!gallup.cia-g.com!lithium From: Stephen Fisher <lithium@cia-g.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: 3c509 problem Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 22:26:00 -0600 Organization: New Mexico Internet Access Lines: 28 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960618222346.28813D-100000@gallup.cia-g.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gallup.cia-g.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Greetings, I'm having a problem with a 3com 3c509 combo card. When I stick the card in and boot up FreeBSD (2.1R) it gives the message: 1 3C5x9 board(s) on ISA found at 0x300 ep0: 3c5x9 at 0x300 in test mode, Erase pencil mark! ep0: eeprom failed to come ready. epprobe: ignoring model ffff ep0 not found at 0x300 Thus no ep0 device is available for ifconfig. I have tried two different slots and two different 3c509 cards to no avail. However, the weird thing is when I put in a non combo 3c509 (Just AUI & 10BaseT ports, no BNC) it works fine (not good when you run BNC on your network, have to use a transciever). I remember seeing mention of this error a while back, but could not remember nor dig up any additional information on it. Any ideas? TIA, - Steve