Re: NIC not recognized

[Martin Loebbing <loebbing@noether.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>]

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> > 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.
> > 
No, that's not the problem.  I updated the BIOS and now the bootrom is
recognized even if it is disabled.

> 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.
> 
I can confirm this for the five pentium boards we have.  In this boards
the NIC works fine.

So, the bootrom is recognized during the boot in the 486 board with a
new bios.  But if linux runs, I get errors from the card, and Win95 refuses
to use the card at all. It complains about an incomplete installation of the 
driver, even if the installation itself works fine.  I tried three different 
models of the card, so altogether, I think, the motherboard (PVI486SP3)
and the bios (Award 3.06) are the guilty parts.

	Martin


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Martin Loebbing                  loebbing@ls2.informatik.uni-dortmund.de
University of Dortmund, Computer Science Department II, D-44221 Dortmund
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