Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 02:34:27 -0400 From: William Swank <willswank@mail.earthlink.net> To: FreeBSD-newbies@FreeBSD.org Subject: installation problems Message-ID: <v04210100b60c5d34b2b1@[192.168.1.100]>
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Hi I'm having problems configuring my linksys PCMCIA ethernet card for installing FreeBSD. I have a Toshiba Satellite 225CDS (100mhz pentium) laptop. I have to boot from the floppy drive since I can only have one drive in at a time. I'm currently running Windows NT on this laptop so I don't have the option for MS-DOS prompt installation from the CD. The funny thing is, my laptop won't boot from the Walnut Creek distribution of FreeBSD, but it boots from the Windows NT CD. Is there a reason for this? Anyways, on with my ethernet problem. After I load from the floppy I choose the Visual Configuration mode. It says that I have 8 conflicts. After reading up on my Linksys card, I learned that it supports the ne2000 driver under Linux. I deleted all other drivers for the ethernet card and was still left with the conflict between the ne2000 and the PC-Card. This is where I get confused. I changed the IRQ and I/O address for the ne2000. The conflicts were resolved. After that I hit "Q" and exited the hardware setup. The kernel starts probing my system and says "PC-Card found. Use this media as installation method. etc?" I chose "Yes" and the lights on the ethernet adapter light up and it links up to my DSL router. I continue setting up drive partitions etc. and get the screen where it asks what kind of install I would like to preform. I choose ftp behind firewall (my DSL router has a built in firewall) and hit "Enter." It gives me the option of installing using SLIP, PPP, but no ethernet. I get to this point and I'm dumbfounded. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Regards, William Swank To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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