Re: 3C905B-TX hung after text "Probing...[3c90xB-TX]" (fwd)

[martin rowat <martin.rowat@blueyonder.co.uk>]

Hi Everyone,

I have experienced similar problems with these 3com cards. It seems the
cards return differing MAC addresses depending on how they are probed. Run
the 3com configure program. Accept all entries and save to eeprom. Should
be OK after that.

Martin Rowat




At 22:02 30/05/01 +0200, you wrote:
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>
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>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 21:59:39 +0200 (CEST)
>From: erik@math.uu.se
>To: etherboot-users@lists.sourceforge.net
>Subject: 3C905B-TX hung after text "Probing...[3c90xB-TX]"
>
>Hello!
>
>I have a difficult problem with a 3c905b-tx.
>
>When I try to boot from floppy (syslinux + zlilo-file) the computer
>hung at line 269 in 3c90x.c (etherboot 5.0.1)
>"while (inw(ioaddr +regCommandIntStatus_w) & INT_CMDINPROGRESS);".
>
>It just print out the text:
>
>Probing...[3c90xB-TX] (Oops, I don't remember exactly... I don't have
>the computer available for a couple of days)
>
>and then nothing.
>
>The strange thing is that if I run the 3com DOS-program 3c90xcfg.exe
>"3c90xcfg configure", and then try the same thing everything works
>perfect.
>
>If I then boot NT4.0 (with unknown 3com driver), and after that try my
>syslinux floppy (or plain floppyimage) again, it is stuck again. Arrggh!
>
>Any ideas anyone?
>
>Of course I can try to debug it more, but maybe someone already know
>something good.
>
>Thanks
>/Erik S
>
>Erik Starbäck
>Computer science teacher
>KTH Syd, Sweden
>
>P.S. I thought I was smart when I tried a floppy with DOS and
>3c90x.com. Then I could just do a "3c90xcfg configure" before I run
>3c90x.com, but no :-( a differnt bug appeared. The 3c90x.com got my
>DOS-image (made with the old Gero K. mknbi-dos) but the it stops. The
>corresponding 3c90x.lzlilo works perfect (after I did run
>"3c90xcfg configure").
>
>
>
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