• Install 3C523? [struggling for network support under AIX 1.3]

    From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to Louis Ohland on Tue Nov 30 09:13:48 2021
    /usr/nifl/3com ?

    On 11/30/2021 09:11, Louis Ohland wrote:
    900-037 - if_ena: autoconfigure could not allocate kernel memory
    900-038 - if_ena: board configured but ROM does not check out.
    900-039 - no if_ena adaptors present

     wd  mget  WD8003ET/A  WD8003ST/A  WD8003E/A WD8003SH/A  WD8003W/A WD8013EP/A  WD8013WP/A  WD8003E*  900-062 - if_ena: unit %d reset via
    690 transmit watchdog

    On 11/30/2021 09:10, Louis Ohland wrote:
      wd  mget  WD8003ET/A  WD8003ST/A  WD8003E/A WD8003SH/A  WD8003W/A >> WD8013EP/A  WD8013WP/A  WD8003E*

    On 11/30/2021 09:07, Louis Ohland wrote:
    IF_ENA Driver Description "June 14, 1991"

    On 11/30/2021 00:54, Anthony wrote:
    https://vofr.net/things/aix1.3/WD.TAR

    Hopefully this is what you're looking for?

    On Monday, November 29, 2021 at 9:50:11 AM UTC-8, Anthony wrote:
    I think I have this directory on my install. I went looking for the
    3Com drivers (I have a 3C529-TP unfortunately) and found a wd
    folder but *not* anything for 3Com! I can grab it and share it
    later tonight if you'd like.

    Getting networking up on this box will make LPP installs *much*
    easier since it seems my supply of good 3.5" HD floppies is quickly
    dwindling, so I may bite the bullet and just buy a WD 8003. There
    are some for a fairly reasonable price on eBay at the moment...
    On Monday, November 29, 2021 at 8:53:10 AM UTC-8, Louis Ohland wrote: >>>>>> WD 80x3 Under AIX
    https://ardent-tool.com/AIX_1-3/AIX_and_WD80x3.html

    /usr/nifl/wd

    Folks, can we get the said directory? It might involve installing / >>>>>> compiling or whatever. It would be nice to understand this well
    enough
    to hack in a 3C529....

    https://ardent-tool.com/AIX_1-3/AIX_Install_Networking.html

    Mentions the 3C523
    https://ardent-tool.com/AIX_1-3/AIX_NICs.html




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  • From Anthony@21:1/5 to Louis Ohland on Tue Nov 30 09:25:06 2021
    So, oddly enough, that directory does not exist in my install. Is it a separate LPP? I did encounter some oddness with reading disk 9 during the last BOS install I did (I think the floppy drive is becoming flaky), but I did list the contents of the
    disk using the restore command and didn't see a 3com subdirectory (though I could've simply missed it, too).

    I am probably going to re-do the install (again) after reading section 2.3 & 2.4 in http://ps-2.kev009.com/aixps2/boo2pdf/SC23-2290-01_AIX_PS2_Installing_and_Customizing_the_Operating_System_Mar_1991.pdf I have overallocated the page and dump minidisks.
    Unless it's possible to re-size (specifically shrink) minidisks after the fact?

    On Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 7:15:10 AM UTC-8, Louis Ohland wrote:
    /usr/nifl/3com ?
    On 11/30/2021 09:11, Louis Ohland wrote:
    900-037 - if_ena: autoconfigure could not allocate kernel memory
    900-038 - if_ena: board configured but ROM does not check out.
    900-039 - no if_ena adaptors present

    wd mget WD8003ET/A WD8003ST/A WD8003E/A WD8003SH/A WD8003W/A WD8013EP/A WD8013WP/A WD8003E* 900-062 - if_ena: unit %d reset via
    690 transmit watchdog

    On 11/30/2021 09:10, Louis Ohland wrote:
    wd mget WD8003ET/A WD8003ST/A WD8003E/A WD8003SH/A WD8003W/A
    WD8013EP/A WD8013WP/A WD8003E*

    On 11/30/2021 09:07, Louis Ohland wrote:
    IF_ENA Driver Description "June 14, 1991"

    On 11/30/2021 00:54, Anthony wrote:
    https://vofr.net/things/aix1.3/WD.TAR

    Hopefully this is what you're looking for?

    On Monday, November 29, 2021 at 9:50:11 AM UTC-8, Anthony wrote:
    I think I have this directory on my install. I went looking for the >>>>> 3Com drivers (I have a 3C529-TP unfortunately) and found a wd
    folder but *not* anything for 3Com! I can grab it and share it
    later tonight if you'd like.

    Getting networking up on this box will make LPP installs *much*
    easier since it seems my supply of good 3.5" HD floppies is quickly >>>>> dwindling, so I may bite the bullet and just buy a WD 8003. There >>>>> are some for a fairly reasonable price on eBay at the moment...
    On Monday, November 29, 2021 at 8:53:10 AM UTC-8, Louis Ohland wrote: >>>>>> WD 80x3 Under AIX
    https://ardent-tool.com/AIX_1-3/AIX_and_WD80x3.html

    /usr/nifl/wd

    Folks, can we get the said directory? It might involve installing / >>>>>> compiling or whatever. It would be nice to understand this well >>>>>> enough
    to hack in a 3C529....

    https://ardent-tool.com/AIX_1-3/AIX_Install_Networking.html

    Mentions the 3C523
    https://ardent-tool.com/AIX_1-3/AIX_NICs.html




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  • From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to Anthony on Tue Nov 30 13:40:15 2021
    I've bowed out, I've installed two or maybe three systems? Never really
    used them. You are past me...

    On 11/30/2021 11:25, Anthony wrote:
    So, oddly enough, that directory does not exist in my install. Is it a separate LPP? I did encounter some oddness with reading disk 9 during the last BOS install I did (I think the floppy drive is becoming flaky), but I did list the contents of the
    disk using the restore command and didn't see a 3com subdirectory (though I could've simply missed it, too).

    I am probably going to re-do the install (again) after reading section 2.3 & 2.4 in http://ps-2.kev009.com/aixps2/boo2pdf/SC23-2290-01_AIX_PS2_Installing_and_Customizing_the_Operating_System_Mar_1991.pdf I have overallocated the page and dump minidisks.
    Unless it's possible to re-size (specifically shrink) minidisks after the fact?

    On Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 7:15:10 AM UTC-8, Louis Ohland wrote:
    /usr/nifl/3com ?
    On 11/30/2021 09:11, Louis Ohland wrote:
    900-037 - if_ena: autoconfigure could not allocate kernel memory
    900-038 - if_ena: board configured but ROM does not check out.
    900-039 - no if_ena adaptors present

    wd mget WD8003ET/A WD8003ST/A WD8003E/A WD8003SH/A WD8003W/A
    WD8013EP/A WD8013WP/A WD8003E* 900-062 - if_ena: unit %d reset via
    690 transmit watchdog

    On 11/30/2021 09:10, Louis Ohland wrote:
    wd mget WD8003ET/A WD8003ST/A WD8003E/A WD8003SH/A WD8003W/A
    WD8013EP/A WD8013WP/A WD8003E*

    On 11/30/2021 09:07, Louis Ohland wrote:
    IF_ENA Driver Description "June 14, 1991"

    On 11/30/2021 00:54, Anthony wrote:
    https://vofr.net/things/aix1.3/WD.TAR

    Hopefully this is what you're looking for?

    On Monday, November 29, 2021 at 9:50:11 AM UTC-8, Anthony wrote:
    I think I have this directory on my install. I went looking for the >>>>>>> 3Com drivers (I have a 3C529-TP unfortunately) and found a wd
    folder but *not* anything for 3Com! I can grab it and share it
    later tonight if you'd like.

    Getting networking up on this box will make LPP installs *much*
    easier since it seems my supply of good 3.5" HD floppies is quickly >>>>>>> dwindling, so I may bite the bullet and just buy a WD 8003. There >>>>>>> are some for a fairly reasonable price on eBay at the moment...
    On Monday, November 29, 2021 at 8:53:10 AM UTC-8, Louis Ohland wrote: >>>>>>>> WD 80x3 Under AIX
    https://ardent-tool.com/AIX_1-3/AIX_and_WD80x3.html

    /usr/nifl/wd

    Folks, can we get the said directory? It might involve installing / >>>>>>>> compiling or whatever. It would be nice to understand this well >>>>>>>> enough
    to hack in a 3C529....

    https://ardent-tool.com/AIX_1-3/AIX_Install_Networking.html

    Mentions the 3C523
    https://ardent-tool.com/AIX_1-3/AIX_NICs.html




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  • From RickE@21:1/5 to Anthony on Tue Nov 30 12:46:41 2021
    On Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 12:25:07 PM UTC-5, Anthony wrote:
    So, oddly enough, that directory does not exist in my install. Is it a separate LPP? I did encounter some oddness with reading disk 9 during the last BOS install I did (I think the floppy drive is becoming flaky), but I did list the contents of the
    disk using the restore command and didn't see a 3com subdirectory (though I could've simply missed it, too).

    The AIX 1.3 installer is a very odd beast. Regarding networking, if you don't have the adapter installed in your machine and properly set up with the appropriate ADF file, the installer usually won't bother to create and populate the appropriate
    directories. This is not very "IBM", but IBM had very little to do with the AIX 1.3 code.

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  • From Anthony@21:1/5 to ekb...@vnet.ibm.com on Sun Dec 5 17:32:15 2021
    On Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 12:46:41 PM UTC-8, ekb...@vnet.ibm.com wrote:
    On Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 12:25:07 PM UTC-5, Anthony wrote:
    So, oddly enough, that directory does not exist in my install. Is it a separate LPP? I did encounter some oddness with reading disk 9 during the last BOS install I did (I think the floppy drive is becoming flaky), but I did list the contents of the
    disk using the restore command and didn't see a 3com subdirectory (though I could've simply missed it, too).
    The AIX 1.3 installer is a very odd beast. Regarding networking, if you don't have the adapter installed in your machine and properly set up with the appropriate ADF file, the installer usually won't bother to create and populate the appropriate
    directories. This is not very "IBM", but IBM had very little to do with the AIX 1.3 code.

    Looks like the 3COM software is from the "Extended User Support" LPP. https://vofr.net/things/aix1.3/3com.tar

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  • From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to Louis Ohland on Sun Dec 5 20:18:56 2021
    readme is only file in test directory...

    3COM 3C523 Test Procedure

    This directory contains the 3COM 3C523 test procedure used in validating
    proper operation of the 3COM 3C523 Etherlink/MC Ethernet adapter. The
    test procedure is stored in tp3com.scr, which is a DWSCRIPT format file.

    On 12/5/2021 20:15, Louis Ohland wrote:
    Looking.

    Usage Restriction [so what...]
    -----------------

    The AIX PS/2 3COM 3C523 software supports one or two 3COM 3C523 adapters
    in a system at one time.  It does not support concurrent installation of
    an Ungermann-Bass Ethernet adapter and a 3COM 3C523 Etherlink/MC adapter
    in one system.

    On 12/5/2021 19:32, Anthony wrote:
    On Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 12:46:41 PM UTC-8,
    ekb...@vnet.ibm.com wrote:
    On Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 12:25:07 PM UTC-5, Anthony wrote:
    So, oddly enough, that directory does not exist in my install. Is it
    a separate LPP? I did encounter some oddness with reading disk 9
    during the last BOS install I did (I think the floppy drive is
    becoming flaky), but I did list the contents of the disk using the
    restore command and didn't see a 3com subdirectory (though I
    could've simply missed it, too).
    The AIX 1.3 installer is a very odd beast. Regarding networking, if
    you don't have the adapter installed in your machine and properly set
    up with the appropriate ADF file, the installer usually won't bother
    to create and populate the appropriate directories. This is not very
    "IBM", but IBM had very little to do with the AIX 1.3 code.

    Looks like the 3COM software is from the "Extended User Support" LPP.
    https://vofr.net/things/aix1.3/3com.tar



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  • From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to Anthony on Sun Dec 5 20:15:44 2021
    Looking.

    Usage Restriction [so what...]
    -----------------

    The AIX PS/2 3COM 3C523 software supports one or two 3COM 3C523 adapters
    in a system at one time. It does not support concurrent installation of
    an Ungermann-Bass Ethernet adapter and a 3COM 3C523 Etherlink/MC adapter
    in one system.

    On 12/5/2021 19:32, Anthony wrote:
    On Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 12:46:41 PM UTC-8, ekb...@vnet.ibm.com wrote:
    On Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 12:25:07 PM UTC-5, Anthony wrote:
    So, oddly enough, that directory does not exist in my install. Is it a separate LPP? I did encounter some oddness with reading disk 9 during the last BOS install I did (I think the floppy drive is becoming flaky), but I did list the contents of the
    disk using the restore command and didn't see a 3com subdirectory (though I could've simply missed it, too).
    The AIX 1.3 installer is a very odd beast. Regarding networking, if you don't have the adapter installed in your machine and properly set up with the appropriate ADF file, the installer usually won't bother to create and populate the appropriate
    directories. This is not very "IBM", but IBM had very little to do with the AIX 1.3 code.

    Looks like the 3COM software is from the "Extended User Support" LPP. https://vofr.net/things/aix1.3/3com.tar


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  • From Anthony@21:1/5 to Louis Ohland on Sun Dec 5 21:15:27 2021
    Appears that is true to what's on the filesystem. Strange...

    On Sunday, December 5, 2021 at 6:20:23 PM UTC-8, Louis Ohland wrote:
    readme is only file in test directory...

    3COM 3C523 Test Procedure

    This directory contains the 3COM 3C523 test procedure used in validating proper operation of the 3COM 3C523 Etherlink/MC Ethernet adapter. The
    test procedure is stored in tp3com.scr, which is a DWSCRIPT format file.
    On 12/5/2021 20:15, Louis Ohland wrote:
    Looking.

    Usage Restriction [so what...]
    -----------------

    The AIX PS/2 3COM 3C523 software supports one or two 3COM 3C523 adapters
    in a system at one time. It does not support concurrent installation of
    an Ungermann-Bass Ethernet adapter and a 3COM 3C523 Etherlink/MC adapter
    in one system.

    On 12/5/2021 19:32, Anthony wrote:
    On Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 12:46:41 PM UTC-8,
    ekb...@vnet.ibm.com wrote:
    On Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 12:25:07 PM UTC-5, Anthony wrote:
    So, oddly enough, that directory does not exist in my install. Is it >>>> a separate LPP? I did encounter some oddness with reading disk 9
    during the last BOS install I did (I think the floppy drive is
    becoming flaky), but I did list the contents of the disk using the
    restore command and didn't see a 3com subdirectory (though I
    could've simply missed it, too).
    The AIX 1.3 installer is a very odd beast. Regarding networking, if
    you don't have the adapter installed in your machine and properly set
    up with the appropriate ADF file, the installer usually won't bother
    to create and populate the appropriate directories. This is not very
    "IBM", but IBM had very little to do with the AIX 1.3 code.

    Looks like the 3COM software is from the "Extended User Support" LPP.
    https://vofr.net/things/aix1.3/3com.tar



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