Re: slink boot error in OpenServer 3
- From: "Tom" <tallred7@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 29 Aug 2006 07:27:08 -0700
Bela,
Thanks for the response. Sorry it wasn't obvious that the NIC wasn't
working. After a couple of days with no replies I did replace the card
- actually swapped it with a pro100 card from another SCO system - and
the problem went away. Must just be something special about combining
netgear and dpt.
Thanks,
Tom
Bela Lubkin wrote:
Tom Allred wrote:
I have an OS3 (Unix 3.2.4.2) system with an Adaptec 2940 controller and
a Netgear FA310TX NIC. It works fine but I need faster disk I/O so I'm
switching to a DPT 3334 controller and adding second and third SCSI
hard drives. To provide a safety net in case of install problems I've
put the Adaptec 2940 and its single SCSI drive aside so I can drop them
back in if needed.
The new install has gone well except for one item. When TCP/IP
initializes on boot I get the following error.
slink: Function "cenetb", command 1: open "/dev/ngrpci0": No such
device or address
I'm using the same driver (NGR224.Z) for the Netgear as before. The
hardware boot screen shows the correct address, IRQ, and MAC address
for the NIC and there are no address or IRQ conflicts with other
devices. The only thing different from the original configuration is
that whereas the Adaptec was IRQ 10 and the Netgear IRQ 11, the new
configuration has the DPT at 11 and the Netgear at 15. I've tried
moving the Netgear to a different PCI slot with no difference. I've
also tried forcing the IRQ to 9 in the BIOS, which does change the IRQ
but yields the same slink error.
I found an older post with the same problem for a different NIC and
I've attempted those solutions - moving the NIC and adding a second
slink line in /etc/tcp. These changes had no effect. Since I know
this NIC and driver work with this SCO version in this computer I'm at
a loss for how to proceed. Any ideas would be appreciated.
You never said whether the NIC is working! Are you merely struggling to
understand / silence an odd error message -- or is the network down?
Let's assume it's down...
Start by using `netconfig` to reselect the NIC. For some cards, the
process of running `netconfig` edits files to poke in PCI slot numbers,
I/O addresses, or similar stuff. If this is such a driver (and the fact
that it doesn't work suggests so), the poking needs to be redone.
Hmmm, could probably think of other things to do, but brain is screaming
"no, get a new NIC". pricewatch.com points to gearxs.com offering Intel
Pro100 cards for $8 (free shipping); or 3Com 3C905TX for $4.85 if you
want to save 39%. Add $5 for them to test it before shipping. How much
is your time worth?
Bela<
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