From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 25 11:35:50 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sage-american.com (sage-american.com [216.122.141.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F23DA37B41E for ; Sun, 25 Nov 2001 11:35:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from SAGEONE (adsl-64-219-30-123.dsl.crchtx.swbell.net [64.219.30.123]) by sage-american.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id NAA00592; Sun, 25 Nov 2001 13:35:38 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20011125133536.0102e200@mail.sage-american.com> X-Sender: jacks@mail.sage-american.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 13:35:36 -0600 To: bad bob , FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: jacks@sage-american.com Subject: Re: activating sis900 ether interface ECS K7S5A Mobo In-Reply-To: <3C0147AB.162B360@bellatlantic.net> References: <3C013CE8.607CB57F@bellatlantic.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Then look at the /var/log/messages for the recent boot up so you have more time to study what the device is being labeled as... perhaps you haven't made the dev yet in /dev At 02:34 PM 11.25.2001 -0500, bad bob wrote: >to follow up my own post with - perhaps - more info: >using FreeBSD 4.3, april 2001 CDs. >upon reinstall, with the bootup I see the sis0 interface in the >boot messages that display and roll by quickly. I see the ethernet >interface address (mac address) but when I do an ifconfig -a, >i do not see the sis0 listed. >Still looking for hints >thanks >bob > > >bad bob wrote: >> >> I have read the docs, scanned the archives, and find that the sis0 >> interface (as I think the ECS K7S5A mobo implements it) is part of >> the standard generic kernel. I can not seem to find it, can't seem >> to activate it, just plain confused. >> thanks for any help or pointers. >> bob > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Server Admin Sage-American http://www.sage-american.com jacks@sage-american.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message