Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 12:02:34 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Laptops. Is something missing? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961125120057.1255H-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <87iv6xt5ce.fsf@plm.xs4all.nl>
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On 23 Nov 1996, Peter Mutsaers wrote: > My problem is that I have a laptop without CDROM; I have to install > FreeBSD using the pcmcia ethernet card. > > Alas the PAO floppy doesn't really work. My Megahertz ethernet card is > recognized, I can ifconfig it. But when I try to access the network > (ping or whatever) nothing appears on the net. The laptop thinks it is > sending to the ethernet correctly, but when I look from another > computer with tcpdump I see no activity at all. Please be more specific as to what you did to install. Or is this from the actual floppy? BE AWARE THAT YOU MUST RUN /stand/PAO/PAOsetup TO SET UP THE PCCARD SUPPORT. This will patch and rebuild your kernel for PCCARD. This was on the web site I believe. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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