From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Dec 15 14:12:41 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from femail27.sdc1.sfba.home.com (femail27.sdc1.sfba.home.com [24.254.60.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30B9137B405 for ; Sat, 15 Dec 2001 14:12:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from zeus ([24.43.121.67]) by femail27.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with ESMTP id <20011215221233.NNTZ4954.femail27.sdc1.sfba.home.com@zeus> for ; Sat, 15 Dec 2001 14:12:33 -0800 Received: from zeus (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zeus (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01A691602F for ; Sat, 15 Dec 2001 17:18:49 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 17:18:49 -0500 X-Mailer: 21.4 (patch 5) "Civil Service" XEmacs Lucid (via feedmail 9-beta-7 I); VM 6.96 under 21.4 (patch 5) "Civil Service" XEmacs Lucid From: "S. Salman Ahmed" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15387.52297.545778.294403@gargle.gargle.HOWL> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Problems installing 4.3R/4.4R on a Compaq DeskPro4000 Reply-To: ssahmed@pathcom.com X-No-Archive: Yes X-Operating-System: Linux zeus 2.4.16 i686 X-Organization: Ahmed Software Consulting Inc. X-Home-Page: http://www.pathcom.com/~ssahmed X-URL: http://www.pathcom.com/~ssahmed X-Disclaimer: I didn't do it, little green aliens wrote this email Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have been trying for some time to install FreeBSD (tried 4.3R and 4.4R) via FTP using the kern.flp+mfsroot.flp boot disks on a Compaq Deskpro 4000, without any success. This box has a Texas Instruments ThunderLAN based internal NIC: Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX Embedded UTP, 10 T PCI UTP/Coax, 10/100 TX UTP that seems to be the source of the problems. The NIC is detected as tl0 when I boot from the floppies. However, whenever I try to configure the tl0 interface using either DHCP, configuration fails and the installer pops up the manual/static ip configuration dialog box. After I have entered the IP information manually, the installer just waits forever trying to resolve the FreeBSD download I selected earlier (I have tried ftp.freebsd.org and ftp.ca.freebsd.org). The machine that is running the DHCP server on my internal net is a Debian Linux box and its log show the following: Dec 14 15:26:50 hades dhcpd-2.2.x: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:08:c7:c0:0c:86 via eth1 Dec 14 15:26:50 hades dhcpd-2.2.x: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.1.6 to 00:08:c7:c0:0c:86 via eth1 Dec 14 15:26:52 hades dhcpd-2.2.x: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.6 from 00:08:c7:c0:0c:86 via eth1 Dec 14 15:26:52 hades dhcpd-2.2.x: DHCPACK on 192.168.1.6 to 00:08:c7:c0:0c:86 via eth1 (00:08:c7:c0:0c:86 is the MAC address of the NIC in the Deskpro4000) So I don't understand why DHCP configuration fails. Also, I am unable to ping this machine (on which I am trying to install FreeBSD) from one of the other machines on my internal net. I know that there is nothing wrong with the NIC itself as I have been able to install Linux on this very same machine numerous times (using either DHCP or static IP configuration for the same NIC). This problem happens with both the 4.3R and 4.4R boot disks. I'd appreciate any information on getting this problem fixed. Thanks. -- Salman Ahmed ssahmed AT pathcom DOT com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message