Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 11:18:56 -0800 From: lee slaughter <lee@slaughters.com> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: install: kernel config: NIC ? Message-ID: <4061DF20.80308@slaughters.com> In-Reply-To: <20040324183024.GC68070@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <4061B855.2090001@slaughters.com> <20040324183024.GC68070@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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Matthew Seaman wrote: >On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 08:33:25AM -0800, lee slaughter wrote: > > >>I'm trying to do a methodical install (for once). 4.9 from a mini CD. >>1st thing, when we get to kernel config menu, visual mode, >>no network devices show up active. In the inactive drivers section >>i see a little list of only six. >> >>question 1: this is hardly a comprehensive list, is it? >>there's no explanation in the handbook why it is so short. >> >> > >That configuration screen only shows ancient ISA cards that cannot >identify themselves to the system. Any modern NIC (either PCI or >Cardbus) will be autodetected. Basically you can just plough on >reguardless with your install and all of your network interfaces >should be picked up. > A note to this effect should be in handbook. How do you make sugs to handbook? Or any docs? (I've cc'd freebsd-doc on ths) In fact it might be safe to say that if you pop the hood of your PC and there are _no_ ISA cards then you can skip kernel config step? lee
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