* [9fans] IBM Thinkpad T21, 3com PCI, no network.
@ 2002-08-02 8:48 Adrian Tritschler
2002-08-06 4:04 ` T20 hanging (was Re: [9fans] IBM Thinkpad T21, 3com PCI, no network.) Madhatter
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From: Adrian Tritschler @ 2002-08-02 8:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
After a break of a couple of months, I'm again trying to install plan9 onto an
IBM thinkpad T21.
The only way I can seem to get it booted is to disable ethernet and usb
probing, plan9.ini contains:
pccard0=disabled
pcmcia0=disabled
*noetherprobe=1
*nousbprobe=1
I've managed to install it by downloading the iso file in windows XP,
transferring it to a DOS partition, booting the plan9 floppy, rewriting the
DOS partition type to FAT16 (from "unknown 14") and installing from there.
After all this, and writing a boot floppy, it now boots from the floppy and I
can login as glenda. (with minor glitches "shimmering" in the display,
1024x768x16 seems to be its max.)
HOWEVER, I cannot get the ethernet card recognised. Either the machine hangs
when I specify "ether0=type=elnk3..." or I enable probing, or I comment these
out and it boots with no network. "ether0=type=i82557" as suggested at
http://www.acl.lanl.gov/plan9/network/term.html doesn't work either, seems to
result in no card at all being detected. I think they might have different
inbuilt ethernet cards to me!
I don't have any other machines running plan9 on which to build kernels, but I
can transfer files into this one via WinXP's A: or C: and rebuild there.
Is it just a case of someone mailing me a more recent source file for the 3com
driver and me recompiling it?
Any suggestions?
Windows describes the card as "3Com 10/100 Mini PCI Ethernet Adapter" with the
following features:
PCI Slot 1 (PCI bus 0, device 3, function 0)
I/O range 1800-18FF
Memory Range E8101400-E810147F
Memory Range E8101000-E810107F
IRQ 11
MAC 00-01-03-82-xx-xx
The output of plan9's "pci" command is
0.0.0: 06.00.00 8086/7190 0
0.1.0: 06.04.00 8086/7191 0
0.2.0: 06.07.00 104c/ac1b 11
0.2.1: 06.07.00 104c/ac1b 11
0.3.0: 02.00.00 10b7/6056 11 0:00001801 256 1:e8101400 128 2:e8101000 128
0.3.1: 07.80.00 10b7/1007 11 0:00002001 256 1:e8101c00 256 2:e8101800 128
0.5.0: 04.01.00 1013/6003 11 0:e8100000 4096 1:e8000000 1048576
0.7.0: 06.80.00 8086/7110 0
0.7.1: 01.01.80 8086/7111 0 4:00001c01 16
0.7.2: 0c.03.00 8086/7112 11 4:00001c21 32
0.7.3: 06.80.00 8086/7113 0
1.0.0: 03.00.00 5333/8c12 11 0:f0000000 134217728
thanks in advance,
Adrian
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* T20 hanging (was Re: [9fans] IBM Thinkpad T21, 3com PCI, no network.)
2002-08-02 8:48 [9fans] IBM Thinkpad T21, 3com PCI, no network Adrian Tritschler
@ 2002-08-06 4:04 ` Madhatter
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From: Madhatter @ 2002-08-06 4:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
This isn't strictly on-topic, but I thought you folks
may have some insight as to what the problem might be.
I have a T20 that is hanging shortly after it tries to
access the disk on boot. The green disk-in-use light
stays on. I can't even get into the BIOS. It exhibits
this behavior whether it's accessing the floppy, dvd,
or hard disk drives.
It used to work just fine.
Has anyone ever encountered this?
--
Christopher Nielsen - Metal-wielding pyro techie
madhatter@teaparty.org
"Those who are willing to trade freedom for security deserve
neither freedom nor security." --Benjamin Franklin
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