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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.uoknor.edu!not-for-mail From: bn@okcforum.osrhe.edu (Bo Najdrovsky) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: reset and 3c507 bug Date: 29 Mar 1996 18:11:52 GMT Organization: Oklahoma City Unix Users Group Lines: 35 Message-ID: <4jh958$6go@frazier.uoknor.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: okcforum.osrhe.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] OK, I'm getting frustrated here.... I posted a message about this about 3 weeks ago, but didn't get any response. Anyway, I'm having trouble getting a 3Com 507 ethernet card working on a Dell 425TE computer. This is a EISA 486 25MHz system. I have it set up as a dual boot machine, with both Linux (Slackware 3.0) and FreeBSD 2.1 installed. (One on each SCSI hard drive) Now, after much installation frustration, it is now running Linux just fine, but I am having difficulty with the FreeBSD. The main problem is that 95% of the time, the system completely freezes up when it tries to ifconfig the ie0 interface. (it locks up to a point that the NumLock key won't even toggle) The other 5 or so percent of the time, it configures just fine, and I can ping other machines on the network. The other problem is that when the system is being rebooted, it locks up the same way, instead of reseting the computer (after the system has shut down completely). Sometimes, it manages to reset and starts booting automatically just fine, but again, about 95% of the time, it just freezes up, and I have to hit the reset button. Now the two problems seem to be related, since if the computer manages to reset by itself, I'm also able to ifconfig the ie0 interface without any problems. Could ANYONE suggest what to do about this? This behavior does NOT exist under Linux, and I'd like to get it resolved under FreeBSD. btw, the complete hardware spec is as follows: 486 25MHz EISA 16MB RAM DTC SCSI host adapter (running in adaptec compatibility mode) 3Com 507 Etherlink 16 Ethernet adapter. thanks for any suggestions you might have.... -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bo Najdrovsky // AmigaOS 3.1/Mac Sys7.1/BSD 4.4 - Courtesy of my A3000 bn@gnu.ai.mit.edu \X/ => join the EGS list: listproc@okcforum.osrhe.edu <= bn@okcforum.osrhe.edu "Who are you, who's so wise in the ways of science?"