Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 13:52:23 +0000 (GMT) From: Lists <lists@mrvid.demon.co.uk> To: Matthew Soffen <matt@soffen.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP getting FTP Install to work. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980129135051.7159A-100000@millennium.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980129014527.00b5ecb0@soffen.com>
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> I get the machine (a Digital Venturis P60 with 32MB Ram, 4x CDROM > and a 3COM Network card) to boot using the FreeBSD Boot Floppy. I > can get through the configuration stuff however, as soon as the > install gets to adding the "default route" it just hangs and > eventually times out. It appears to have found the network card > alright (no error messages on V2). > > I have an NT 4.0 server running as my router which is currently > allowing a Win95 box to go through the connection fine so I don't > think that is the problem. > > For some reason it just doesn't appear to be seeing the network (Base2). Is your 3com a combo card (i.e does it have UTP, BNC & AUI on the back of it?) If so, most of the time BSD will default to the UTP port and you have to use a DOS utility provided by 3com (http://www.3com.com/) to set the port manually to default to BNC. L8rz KrOnUs <kronus@null.net> | http://www.splash.nu/ | PGP Key Available
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