Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 14:22:51 -0400 From: William Swank <willswank@mail.earthlink.net> To: FreeBSD-mobile@FreeBSD.org Subject: installation problems Message-ID: <v04210104b60d0361422e@[192.168.1.100]>
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Hi I'm having problems configuring my linksys PCMCIA ethernet card >for installing FreeBSD. I have a Toshiba Satellite 225CDS (100mhz >pentium) laptop. I have to boot from the floppy drive since I can >only have one drive in at a time. I'm currently running Windows NT >on this laptop so I don't have the option for MS-DOS prompt >installation from the CD. The funny thing is, my laptop won't boot >from the Walnut Creek distribution of FreeBSD, but it boots from the >Windows NT CD. Is there a reason for this? Anyways, on with my >ethernet problem. After I load from the floppy I choose the Visual >Configuration mode. It says that I have 8 conflicts. After reading >up on my Linksys card, I learned that it supports the ne2000 driver >under Linux. I deleted all other drivers for the ethernet card and >was still left with the conflict between the ne2000 and the PC-Card. >This is where I get confused. I changed the IRQ and I/O address for >the ne2000. The conflicts were resolved. After that I hit "Q" and >exited the hardware setup. The kernel starts probing my system and >says "PC-Card found. Use this media as installation method. etc?" I >chose "Yes" and the lights on the ethernet adapter light up and it >links up to my DSL router. I continue setting up drive partitions >etc. and get the screen where it asks what kind of install I would >like to preform. I choose ftp behind firewall (my DSL router has a >built in firewall) and hit "Enter." It gives me the option of >installing using SLIP, PPP, but no ethernet. I get to this point and >I'm dumbfounded. Any suggestions would be appreciated. >Regards, William Swank To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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