Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 19:02:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Lee <plee@cdt.Stanford.EDU> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Linksys EtherFast in 4.8 installer Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0305211836120.19697-100000@cdt01.Stanford.EDU>
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I'm new to this list. Please let me know if I should be asking elsewhere. Question in short: when trying to install 4.8-release over FTP, why is there no "Ethernet" option? I am using a supported Linksys EtherFast 10/100 Ethernet PC Card. Question in detail: I use a Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop with--according to Windows 2000--a "Linksys EtherFast 10/100 PC Card (PCMPC100) at CardBus Slot 0." So I get kern.flp, mfsroot.flp, and drivers.flp from the 4.8-release directory and boot up. I see, before the menu-driven interface: cardbus0: <CardBus bus> on cbb0 pccard0: <16-bit PCCard bus> on cbb0 . .other stuff here . pccard0: <unknown card> (manufacturer=0x0149, \\ product=0xc1ab) at function 0 pccard0: CIS info: Linksys EtherFast 10/100 \\ PC Card (PCMPC100) I choose to install over FTP, and get three choices, SLIP, PPP, and something else. But there is no Ethernet option as indicated in the Handbook. My card is supported, quoting from the 4.8-release hardware notes: "NE2000 compatible PC-Card (PCMCIA) Ethernet and FastEthernet cards ( ed(4) driver); Linksys EC2T/PCMPC100/PCM100, PCMLM56, EtherFast 10/100 PC Card, Combo PCMCIA Ethernet Card (PCMPC100 V2)." Various searches reveal that it's probably because my card wasn't detected or because PnP was on. There is no PnP option in my BIOS. So I boot up again on kern.flp, and when the installer offers to load kernel modules from drivers.flp, I load all of them (a bit unsophisticated, but I thought it was worth a shot). I get the same problem: no Ethernet option. I'm guessing that although my card is supported, it isn't necessarily supported by the installer. So, my question is, is there any way around this? Thanks, Peter
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