Re: NIC not recognized

[Peter Debus <pdebus@turing.une.edu.au>]

Hi,

I have successfully used the 3C905-TX with netboot-0.7.2 using
27C512 EEPROMs. The size of the netboot image (image.rom) is 32768 Kb.
Previous postings to this list suggested that you needed to short
pins 28 and 32 on the EEPROM socket, but this is not necessary. Simply plug 
the EEPROM into the socket leaving pins 29-32 free.

The 3C905 is configured as having no bootrom installed. While it was
not necessary, I set the media type, disabling auto detection, as this
saves several seconds on the boot time.


Peter Debus
School of Mathematical Computer Sciences
University of New England
Armidale NSW 
Australia

Ph: 61 (0)267 73 2412 Fax: 61 (0)267 73 3312


> 
> Hello,
> 
> Martin Loebbing <loebbing@noether.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> wrote:
> > I have problems with a new network card, a 3C905-TX (Fast EterhLink XL),
> > and netboot-0.7.1.  The card is working fine, if I boot it with a
> > netboot-image on a floppy disk.  But with an eprom, the card is not
> > recognized when booting, only the SCSI host adapter (NCR810).
> 
> As far as I heard from others the 3C905 has problems with accessing
> ROMs larger than 16kB, even though you can select 32kB ROMs with the
> setup. Try generating a bootrom with a small netboot kernel which should
> fit into 16kB - or better get a different network card.
> 
> gero.
> 
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