From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 14 10:22:47 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA21585 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 14 Feb 1997 10:22:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA21547 for ; Fri, 14 Feb 1997 10:22:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA01471; Fri, 14 Feb 1997 10:22:08 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 10:22:08 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: John Case cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: install of FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <199702030257.VAA08624@mail3.voicenet.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk support@cdrom.com eventually ends up here, just post to -questions, thanks. On Sun, 2 Feb 1997, John Case wrote: > I can't seem to get the cdrom to be recognized after I finish the novice > install. Even thought the (Panasonic/Reveal) CD driver (matcd0) seems to be > loaded fine and reads during the install--after I cant see the "dists" > directory. Any ideas? I don't quite understand what's going on here, could you please give some more detail? Did you make sure the matcd driver in the installed kernel is configured? The dists/ directory was excised for 2.1.6. Use the 2.1.6 installer if you're not. > Also, ifconfig SEEMS to work ok from the command line, the network config > in the sysinstall program sees the ne2000 device (ed0) but never prompts to > set the ip numbers, subnet, etc. It will when you go to use it in sysinstall. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major