Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 15:01:55 +0100 From: "Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com> To: 'FreeBSD Alpha mailing list' <freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Installing from 3.4rc2 ISO Message-ID: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FD9B3C@l04.research.kpn.com>
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Dear Geoff, > > I was unable to do a network install with RC2 as I only had > an fxp card > and a DE 201 lying around. The fxp seem to have a slight > variation of... > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=24177 > > which I assume is fixed in CURRENT. > You have to set the variables explicitly during the installation. Boot from the floppy, interrupt at the point where the loader threatens to boot the kernel in 9..8..7.. and type something like: set fxp_iomap=1 (forgot the exact syntax, and the box is off at the moment). After the install you can set this in loader.rc. The problem is that this issue is limited to lower end Alpha boxes and the option limits the performance of the fxp card. That's why it's not enabled by default. If course, someone could code it to retry the probe if a bogus MAC address turns up, but the symptoms (MAC ff:ff:...) cannot be relied upon to be identical from box to box, so a reprobe would be yucky by design. Effort is best focused elsewhere. In short: set the flag and you can do a network install. Kees Jan ================================================ You are only young once, but you can stay immature all your life. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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