From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 6 06:29:40 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) id GAA15526 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 6 Aug 1995 06:29:40 -0700 Received: from strider.ibenet.it ([194.179.130.1]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id GAA15519 for ; Sun, 6 Aug 1995 06:29:35 -0700 Received: (from piero@localhost) by strider.ibenet.it (8.6.12/8.6.12) id PAA15386 for questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 6 Aug 1995 15:33:36 +0200 From: Piero Serini Message-Id: <199508061333.PAA15386@strider.ibenet.it> Subject: Problem installing 2.0.5 To: questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 6 Aug 1995 15:33:35 +0200 (MET DST) Reply-To: Piero@strider.ibenet.it Operating-System: FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 X-Phone-Number: +39 (2) 58113562 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 2025 Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hello. I'm trying and install FBSD 2.0.5-RELEASE on a no-name P90, 64 Mb RAM, 2 GB SCSI HDD connected to a PCI NCR controller, usual seri- al/parallel keyboard/mouse, etc. My problem is w/ the ethernet card (NE2000 16bit clone). It's a card I know for sure it works, since I already used it in a DOS/ Windows machine, and in another FBSD box (1.1.5.1) with no prob- lems. When I run the install diskette, I can go the point where the filesystems are created, newfs'd, and /stand is installed. I can chose the install media (FTP) and the distribution type (com- plete, with no X11 sources), then I enter the data for this ma- chine (name: foo.ibenet.it, domain: ibenet.it, addr: 194.179.130.2, mask: 255.255.255.0, gateway my router 194.179.130.254, dns 194.179.130.1, >no special parameter< to if- config). Note that the system correctly reports the card as ed1, and I can see the correct hardware address at boot. Then the system ifconfigs the interface, DEBUG reports exit sta- tus 0. But, when the install program (actually, ftp) tries to nslookup the ftp server (I tried several different servers, but that's not the problem), I get several (6/7) ed1: interface timeout errors (well, it's not the exact error, but you understand ...), I can- not ping the new machine from another one on the same network, and it eventually asks for another ftp server. Now, the ethernet cables are good, otherwise I couldn't send you this e-mail, since strider is on the same eth bus, and the card is working (I used it for a while), and it's recognized by the system. It's obviuos I'm doing some stupid error, but I can't think of anything. In the emergency shell I can verify the interface is up (flags=8863). What can I do? Many thanks, -- # $Id: .signature,v 1.11 1995/07/29 17:48:34 piero Exp $ Piero Serini Via Giambologna, 1 TEMP: I 20136 Milano - ITALY