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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!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!news.ti.com!news.dseg.ti.com!news From: rnestor@ti.com (Bob Nestor) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 3COM PCI 3C590 Fast Etherlink III. Is network installation possible? Date: 18 Jun 1996 14:54:22 GMT Organization: Systems Group, Texas Instruments Lines: 19 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4q6fuu$1um@mksrv1.dseg.ti.com> References: <4pm6nm$4kt@bioalp.biobase.dk> <4q3jvv$le4@mksrv1.dseg.ti.com> Reply-To: rnestor@metronet.com,rnestor@ti.com NNTP-Posting-Host: cna0188378-01.dseg.ti.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 In article <4q3jvv$le4@mksrv1.dseg.ti.com>, I wrote ... > >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. > Well, thanks to some tips and encouragement from Jin Mazumdar I got the 3c590 to run! Turns out it was trying to configure itself to IRQ 9 which is apparently shared with IRQ 2. WFW 3.11 seems to be happy with this but FreeBSD wasn't. By going into the BIOS setup and forcing IRQ 9 to be manually allocated (to a non-existant ISA interface), WFW and FreeBSD reconfigured the 3c590 to IRQ 11 and both are now happy! Thanks to Jin and the whole FreeBSD gang! -bob