From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 19 10:11:54 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f88.law7.hotmail.com [216.33.237.88]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CF2837B41B for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2001 10:11:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 19 Sep 2001 10:11:50 -0700 Received: from 168.234.197.34 by lw7fd.law7.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Wed, 19 Sep 2001 17:11:50 GMT X-Originating-IP: [168.234.197.34] From: "Oscar Castaneda" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: so@i-clue.de Subject: Re: pc boots freebsd no ethernet nics found Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 11:11:50 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Sep 2001 17:11:50.0256 (UTC) FILETIME=[2BD1DF00:01C1412E] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG i cant have a look at /var/run/dmesg since i havent installed FreeBSD yet, or can I? my previous question (below) refers to a fresh fbsd installation which doesn't recognize either realtek, HP, or 3com cards... seems a little strange to me? I get a verbose bootlog (boot -v) but how can i get a look at it? I tried using an emergency shell but commands are very limited. Any pointers? thanks to all, oscar >Oscar Castaneda wrote: > >>hi, >> >>I asked a question before regarding 2 realtek pci nics (8139B & C) i >>had on a cyrix 586, 16MB RAM, 1.2 GB HDD. The general response was >>that maybe my rl chipset idīs werent recognized, I also got the >>suggestion of turning off plug-n-play in the BIOS, so i did but still >>no ethernet cards are displayed on configure-networking-interfaces >>while installing. >> >>So i tried a new nic, a 3com 3c905TX but freebsd still doesnt >>recognize this card. Nor did it recognize the realtek ones, (still). >> >>What could be wrong, i dont think im doing anything wrong >>i also get a hold of a verbose boot log (with -v boot) but i dont know >>how to view it (i know this would help).. > >after boot, have a look at /var/run/dmesg.boot. If possible, ask again, >including dmesg.boot, as well as the output of ifconfig -a and netstat -rn > >HTH >-Christoph Sold > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message