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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!netcom5!ceb From: ceb@netcom5.netcom.com (Ch. Buckley) Subject: Re: FreeBSD-1.1 does not recognize SMC Elite32C Ultra EISA ethernet In-Reply-To: tdphette@mke.ab.com's message of 8 Jun 1994 03:36:52 GMT Message-ID: <CEB.94Jun8125347@netcom5.netcom.com> Sender: ceb@netcom.com (Ch. Buckley) Organization: Mauto, Palo Alto References: <ATH.94Jun6180428@grapenuts.bellcore.com> <2t3eckINN36n@scarecrow.mke.ab.com> Date: Wed, 8 Jun 1994 19:53:44 GMT Lines: 40 In article <2t3eckINN36n@scarecrow.mke.ab.com> tdphette@mke.ab.com (Thad Phetteplace x4461) writes: Andrew Heybey (ath@bellcore.com) wrote: : I am trying to install FreeBSD 1.1 on a Pentium EISA + PCI machine. I : have a Buslogic PCI SCSI controller, which works fine. I have : progressed to the point of being able to boot from the hard disk to : single user mode. : However, the kernel does not recognize my ethernet card. It is an : SMC 8010 card, also known as "Elite32C Ultra EISA". I am having exactly the same problem with my 3C509 card. I had no trouble getting a 3C509 working in my ISA system, but I can't seem to make my EISA system recognize the card. I looked through the FAQ but found no help there. What is the trick in making an EISA system recognize an ISA network card? Well, in Heybey's case, it's a network card designed for the EISA bus, and you have to run the EISA configure program to set thigns up. Probably he's missing the (right) special little file that goes with the card he's got. Manufacturer's BBS's are handy at times like these. But in your case, (it appears) you're using an ISA card in an EISA board, which is perfectly ok, but you don't configure it. Some configuration programs call this configuring the slot as "non EISA". It should work anyway, though I ran into so many loser EISA motherboards I now use VESA. Life's too short to muck around with goofy hardware. Thanks, -- Thad Phetteplace Network Systems Analyst, Allen-Bradley Co. Gee, you can get a job as a "network systems analyst" without knowing such things? Where do I sign up? ;'} --