Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 11:46:42 -0700 (MST) From: Charles Mott <cmott@srv.net> To: Timothy J Luoma <luomat+freebsd+hardware@luomat.peak.org> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Matrox Millenium supported? (and a couple of other newbie questions) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971110113706.25851A-100000@darkstar.home> In-Reply-To: <199711101745.MAA04350@luomat.peak.org>
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On Mon, 10 Nov 1997, Timothy J Luoma wrote: > Motherboard: Tyan Tomcat III P5 > Processor: P-133 (``classic'') > Sound Card: SoundBlaster16 at dma channel 1 irq 5 > Ethernet card: Intel EtherExpress PRO/10+ ISA at port 0x300 irq 10 > Pointing Dev: PS/2 Logitech MarbleMan Trackball (will this work??) > CD-ROM: Sony CDU76s (4x) > Controller: Adaptec 2940 Host Adapter found at Bus 0 Device 19 > > Weirdness: The Ethernet card listed above is actually the second Ethernet > card (ie en1 not en0). > > Yes, I have 2 Ethernet cards. One is en0 which connects my old computer > (without a real address) to my new computer (which has a real address). The > second one is en1 which connects my new computer to the Internet via a cable > modem (I was planning a net-install of FreeBSD) Has your cable company given you a fixed IP address? I have heard some cable modems work with DHCP. I haven't done a net install of FreeBSD, but I think you need a fixed IP address. In practice, the DHCP addresses don't change for weeks or months I have heard, but you still need to know what the address is. If you are in the States and this is your first FreeBSD installation, a cd-rom makes things a lot easier. They used to even ship a book by Greg Lehey with the cd giving alot of useful install information, but I don't know if this is the case anymore. Charles Mott
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