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From: kutvonen@cs.Helsinki.FI (Petri Kutvonen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: 386/ix 2.0.2 + PS/80 + WD8003ET/A = ?
Message-ID: <4322@hydra.Helsinki.FI>
Date: 2 Mar 90 13:41:17 GMT
References: <4286@hydra.Helsinki.FI>
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Organization: University of Helsinki, Department of Computer Science
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In article <4286@hydra.Helsinki.FI> I wrote:
>We have been trying to install 386/ix (2.0.2) TCP/IP on a PS/2 80-311
>with a Western Digital WD8003ET/A controller.  Unsuccesfully, so far.
>Is there something special we should know about?  ...

The real problem was that our boards were not of the older Micro Channel
type WD8003ET/A but the newer version WD8003E/A.  Evidently 386/ix
doesn't work with this board (no panic, the driver just hangs). 

So we swapped this WD8003E/A with a WD8003ET/A and now TCP/IP is running
smoothly. 


Petri Kutvonen   University of Helsinki           kutvonen@cs.Helsinki.FI
                 Department of Computer Science   +358 0 7084216