Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 14:27:21 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Chad Shackley <zoogy@cris.com> Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Free BSD 2.1.0 problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960115141956.24391E-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <01BAE30C.BB5F2F00@chad.gaianet.net>
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On Mon, 15 Jan 1996, Chad Shackley wrote: > I am trying to do the freebsd installation via ftp without any luck at all. Welcome aboard :) > The machine isa P75 with an Intel EtherExpress Pro/10 network card. The docs don't say if it's supported, it just says the Ether Express Pro. Anyway, device lp0 is found as a tcp/ip compatible device when it first boots up. However, I either get the message that lp0 couldn't be the lp0 device is the Parallel Port; you can use it as a rudimentary network device. Most likely you are SOL unless the EtherExpress 16 driver, ix0, likes your EtherExpress Pro. > The ix or ix0 or whatever device for the etherexpress is recognized with > all the proper io & irq settings, but I never see that in the list of > options to make the ftp connection. Does the ix0 driver find your ethernet card during boot? Do you get something like this? ix0 at 0x300-0x30f irq 10 maddr 0xd0000 msize 32768 on isa ix0: address 00:aa:00:b7:72:a1 > > Is this workable or should I just go buy the cdrom? > > Thanks. > > Chad The CD will let you install, but if the card isn't supported, you won't be doing much networking. And it depends if you have a supported CDROM. :-) Doug White | Student, University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Major: Computer Science http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Eugene/Spfld BBS List Publisher
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