From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 13 14:11:00 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA10606 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 13 Jan 1999 14:11:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from infowest.com (ns1.infowest.com [204.17.177.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA10586 for ; Wed, 13 Jan 1999 14:10:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from agifford@infowest.com) Received: from infowest.com (Tambler.infowest.com [207.49.57.143]) by infowest.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA08498; Wed, 13 Jan 1999 15:09:15 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <369D1989.1C82C394@infowest.com> Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 15:09:13 -0700 From: "Aaron D. Gifford" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 2.2.8-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dg@root.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.0 install freeze with fxp0 References: <199901132139.NAA19893@implode.root.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I originally posted: > >I finally decided to try out 3.0, but have run into some trouble. The > >install hangs on "adding route" (on the debugging screen, alt-f2). > >Further investigation reveals that for some reason my on-the-motherboard > >Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 net card is not autodetecting my 10baseT > >hub. The hub light will flash green for an instant when I first plug > >the box in, then stay dark, while the green link light on the > >motherboard stays lit. Weird! To which David Greenman graciously replied: > Sounds like a bad cable. > > -DG > > David Greenman > Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project That's what I thought, but switching to another cable that has been working flawlessly on my own workstation did nothing. Likewise, switching hub ports accomplished nothing. Now that I think back on it, when I had 2.2.8 running on this box, it was an unusual installation where I installed the entire system on a different box, compiled a kernel with the appropriate drivers, then moved the SCSI drive to this box where it booted flawlessly and worked solidly for several months on the net. I don't think I've ever had an install floppy work for a 'net install on this box. One other unusual item. Even when power is OFF, the little green LED "link" light on the back of the motherboard turns green if a good cable is plugged into a powered hub. Odd. Any additional suggestions are welcome. And thank you for your response! I really do appreciate it when anyone has something to contribute, whether or not it solves my problem. Sincerely, Aaron Gifford To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message