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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


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