Subject: Re: 3c590 (The PCI version)
To: None <netbsd-help@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Hacksaw <hacksaw@venus.gsd.harvard.edu>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 03/08/1996 18:05:33
Earlier I said:
>Does anyone know if this card will work with 1.1? I am led to
>understand that 3Com uses the same driver for either the 3c509 or the
>3c590, so I wondered if it was pretty transparent.

Then I read more installation instructions. So nevermind.

>For all those folks getting the read error problem with Phoenix BIOS
>machines, I found out the MBR supplied by DOS 6.22 works correctly. I
>haven't gotten to the point of the full install of 1.1, so I can't
>comment further, except to express minor disgust in having had to
>resort to DOS for a fix. :-/

Well, it failed to load NetBSD. Bleah. Same Read Error. Probably the
same problem with the BIOS failing to load %DL with the drive number
at the right time.

Is this worth pursung any longer???

Phoenix points everyone to MicroFirmware, MicroFirmware points
everyone to the MBoard Manufacturer, and Micronics apparently has no
net presence at all.

Calls to their tech support are pointless, and sending them the board
didn't help.

Time to get a new Timmy!
--
Hacksaw