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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!pacifier!rainrgnews0!usenet From: gary@ncn.com (Gary Halleen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: 2.1 Upgrade Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 05:22:09 GMT Organization: RGNet Lines: 29 Message-ID: <4frqrc$fb0@news0.rain.rg.net> References: <4f6lud$d2b@jaxnet.jaxnet.com> <4f9bda$e13@doctor.nl2k.edmonton.ab.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: garyslip.chemek.cc.or.us X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 doctor@nl2k.edmonton.AB.ca (The Doctor) wrote: >In article <4f6lud$d2b@jaxnet.jaxnet.com>, >Karl Renaut <krenaut@jax.jaxnet.com> wrote: >>Anybody else out there brave enough to upgrade to 2.1 besides me? I did it last weekend. It appeared to go fine, but BOY WAS I SURPRISED! I got a rude shock when the 3COM 3C509 (which functioned perfectly prior to upgrading) was unrecognized after the upgrade. After doing the normal troubleshooting (changing cables, and then ports on the hub, and then even replacing the card with an identical one, and then replacing it with a different brand entirely), I decided to call BSDI and hope someone was there (at 7:30pm PT). I was lucky! Someone answered, but he wasn't a technician. He decided to tackle the problem, and after about 15 minutes found the problem. I was using a Pentium system, and the network card was trying to use interrupt 11, which was unused in the computer, but which the PCI bus was reserving. I changed the CMOS settings, and the network card started working. Other than that, most of the upgrade was smooth. 2.1 comes with Apache httpd rather than NCSA, and it didn't work with my existing web server. I removed it, and replaced my old setup. This was probably due to how late it was getting and how tired I was. I'll try putting Apache back sometime soon.