On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 13:22:27 -0400 Bill Chmura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:10:53 -0400 > Jason Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake: > > > On Oct 17, 2005, at 8:59 PM, Damien Gardner Jnr wrote: > > [ Redirecting back to misc@ where this belongs ] > > > > > From: "Ken Gunderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > > > >> I'm having some issues w/an Intel PRO/1000 MT Dual Port Server > > >> Adapter > > >> in an OBSD-3.7 firewall. The card is in the pci-x riser on one of > > >> these puppies; > > >> Dmesg complains the "The EEPROM Checksum Is Not Valid". I've tested > > >> the card in a Winblows machine and it works. Any insights as to what > > >> is going on here greatly appreciated. > > > > > > We had exactly the same problem with dual and quad versions of > > > these same > > > cards - we ended up swapping to PCI cards and changing the > > > motherboard to > > > something with enough PCI slots to support all the cards.. :\ > > > > If this is the case, I'm glad this became public. I'm about to fork > > out for some of these. Can anyone suggest any specific Gig-E dual > > port cards that work well with 3.7-3.8? Vendor recommendations welcome. > > > > Thanks, > > > > -- > > Jason Dixon > > DixonGroup Consulting > > http://www.dixongroup.net > > > > Jason, > > I have a Quad and Dual of these cards in the same machine - same as what > Ken is showing and no problems. In a 1U system on a riser. Absolutely > no problems with them. > > Not sure on the motherboard but I can send a full dmesg if you want one. This is driving me nuts. I've installed FreeBSD-6.0RC1 w/same result about EEPROM. Subsequently did an XP Pro install on same hardware and can bring card up. So it's definitely something it doesn't like about the *BSD's. God, I hate to think that I might have to use Linux on this one. -- Best regards, Ken Gunderson Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. A: Why is putting a reply at the top of the message frowned upon?

