Subject: Re: Installing NetBSD 1.3 on Gateway Solo 9100
To: Carl Shapiro <samsara@panix.com>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 01/16/1998 10:43:31
Carl Shapiro writes:
> The second problem is that the boot process hangs at the ep1 device
> "stage". I have re-installed my 3com 3c589d ethernet card and it
> seems to have been successfully probed, but the boot hangs here and
> goes no further, no panic nothing. The message is:
>
> ep1 at pcmcia0 function 0 port 0x330-0x33f: 3Com 3C589 Ethernet
> ep1: MAC address 00:60:08:8a:68:d3
>
> I have noticed the exact same thing on an IBM Thinkpad 560, as well
> as a Compaq Contura. In both cases all devices that are not in use
> are disabled in the firmware.
Merely disabling things in firmware may not in all cases be
sufficient, though. Sigh.
Probably the best thing to do is to try getting a fully custom kernel
built and see if it works for you.
Perry