From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 18 00:49:39 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F5F216A400 for ; Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:49:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout1.cac.washington.edu (mxout1.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.134]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D08B13C45E for ; Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:49:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.9] (may be forged)) by mxout1.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l2I0ncho003696 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:49:38 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.41] (c-67-187-172-183.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [67.187.172.183]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l2I0nbJJ014410 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:49:38 -0700 Message-ID: <45FC8CA1.8080505@u.washington.edu> Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:49:37 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070316) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ray@stilltech.net References: <200703171821.49730.ray@stilltech.net> <45FC8756.5020807@u.washington.edu> <200703171846.22750.ray@stilltech.net> In-Reply-To: <200703171846.22750.ray@stilltech.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.0.289146, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2007.3.17.173434 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new server setup questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:49:39 -0000 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 , 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