Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:49:37 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: ray@stilltech.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new server setup questions Message-ID: <45FC8CA1.8080505@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <200703171846.22750.ray@stilltech.net> References: <200703171821.49730.ray@stilltech.net> <45FC8756.5020807@u.washington.edu> <200703171846.22750.ray@stilltech.net>
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Ray wrote: > On Saturday 17 March 2007 6:27 pm, Garrett Cooper wrote: >> Ray wrote: >>> Hello, >>> I'm trying to setup a new server, and I'm having some problems mostly >>> with the network card. (machine specs follow) I can't get a driver to >>> work for the integrated network card. I've spent a number of hours on >>> google / "the complete freeBSD" / "the freeBSD handbook". the handbook >>> (section 11.8 >>> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config-network- >>> setup.html) outlines using ndis (project evil) drivers. I tried using >>> this. I went through ndisgen, and everything seemed to work. I then tried >>> to use kldload and got the error message: >>> "kldload: can't load file.ko :operation not permitted" >>> of course I did all of this as root. I am using the amd64 version of >>> freeBSD (is this my first mistake?) and the 64 bit version of the >>> drivers. as a side note, the supplied driver disk includes a source >>> version of the linux driver. is there any way to use this? >>> Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated. >>> Ray >>> machine specs >>> ASUS M2N-SLI DELUXE mobo >>> 2GB ram >>> AMD 5200 x2 processor (sorry, the box isn't in front of me) >> Not sure if nForce drivers are supported on the 6.2 install CD. You >> might want to give one of the 7-CURRENT driver CDs a go. Grab a snapshot >> iso from <ftp://ftp7.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/200703>, or the >> directory above it in one of the other snapshot directories if that >> doesn't work for you. > Thanks for the response. > just 2 questions: > 1) is 7-CURRENT ready for a production environment? By no means yet. > 2) should I stick with amd64 or should I go back to i386? I don't think that will solve the problem. I think it has to do with driver availability. If you can get the 7-CURRENT snapshot to install and upgrade the source tree with amd64, you might be able to update the sources for your system and get on track with 6.2-RELEASE. -Garrett
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