Re: Problems with installing 5.2.1 on my machine
From: Erik Larsson (mechie_at_telia.com)
Date: 03/01/04
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Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2004 09:52:58 GMT
Well, I was just wondering... do you know where I can get this floppy with
the files needed to upgrade this strange eeprom?
The card really works ok in all other situations. Linux likes it, windows
likes it. Solaris doesn't complain... even though the network didn't work
when I had Solaris 9 installed. I'm not sure however, if the problem was
with the hardware-configuration, or if it was just me being lazy and not
finding out how to configure it properly.
Also, I tried with the FreeBSD 4.7 install floppies. 4.7 also gave me the
'eeprom failed to come ready.' but instead of giving up, it tried several
times (that message was printed around 9 times) and then it proceeded (but
did it succeed?).
When I tried to connect to the freebsd ftp-server though (after answering
yes to a question on 'dhcp or not'), my system hang.
/Erik
"Tony Albers" <tony_remove-this_@albers-data_dot._dk> skrev i meddelandet
news:4041ce32$0$1663$edfadb0f@dread14.news.tele.dk...
> Erik Larsson wrote:
>
> > Yes, I have problems. During the boot-process (booting from CD) FreeBSD
> > panics and reboots. Seems to have something to do with my network card
> > (?). This is what it looks like:
> > ---
> > ep0: <3Com 3C509-Combo EtherLink III> at port 0x300-0x30f irq10 on isa0
> > ep0: eeprom failed to come ready.
> > ep0: ep_alloc() failed! (6)
> > panic: resource_list_release: resource entry is not busy
> > cpuid = 0;
> > Uptime: 1s
> > Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to abort
> > ---
> > Does anyone have an idea of what I should do, or what causes this
problem?
> > I've had Windows XP, SuSE Linux 9.0 and Solaris 9 installed on this
> > machine earlier (it's sort of a test-machine) and they've all worked
fine
> > (except for solaris, which wouldn't work with my network card
> > (related?)... and so "The network is the computer" - right? :) ).
> > Computer specs: PII 300 MHz, 64 Mb ram, ATI-card, this 3C509-Combo
network
> > card... IDE harddrive, 6 Gb.
> >
> > /Erik
>
> hejsan, Erik.
>
> I've worked with Solaris x86 for 4 yrs. And have seen this problem
before.
> The 3c509 cards have a strange eeprom, which can be updated and configured
> using a bootable floppy with a downloadable tool on it. Yous problem is
> probably caused by one of two things: 1. your eeprom is old or corrupt. 2.
> your eeprom is misconfigured. Either replace the card, or try to get your
> hnds on a 3c509 tool floppy and see if you can have a look at the eeprom's
> settings.
>
> HTH
>
> /tony
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