From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 18 06:35:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA09735 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 06:35:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from emu.sourcee.com (emu.sourcee.com [199.201.159.173]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA09691 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 06:34:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nrice@emu.sourcee.com) Received: (from nrice@localhost) by emu.sourcee.com (8.8.8/8.8.3) id VAA20515; Sat, 17 Jan 1998 21:30:59 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19980117213059.01836@emu.sourcee.com> Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 21:30:59 -0500 From: Norman C Rice To: pizzaman@mail.on.rogers.wave.ca Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installing Free BDS with the WAVE References: <34B6CA45.477D@rogers.wave.ca> <98Jan13.194332-0500_est.325984-15743+1000@mail.on.rogers.wave.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: <98Jan13.194332-0500_est.325984-15743+1000@mail.on.rogers.wave.ca>; from pizzaman@mail.on.rogers.wave.ca on Tue, Jan 13, 1998 at 07:38:28PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Tue, Jan 13, 1998 at 07:38:28PM +0000, pizzaman@mail.on.rogers.wave.ca wrote: > Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 22:28:29 -0800 (PST) > From: Doug White > Reply-to: Doug White > To: Brent Johnson > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: installing Free BDS with the WAVE > > On Sat, 10 Jan 1998, Brent Johnson wrote: > > > > Okay so I decided to ditch Linux because I can't figure out how to > > > install my SMC8416 etrhernet card which is connected to the cable modem. > > > So I try FreeBDS and decided that, since it supposedly supports that > > > card, I'd try and use the internet install method and guess what??? > > > No joy. > > > > Eh? Check the boot probes; it should respond as ed0 (or de0 -- is it a > > PCI or ISA card?). If it's not found and it's an ISA card, type `-c' at > > the boot: prompt and make sure the settings match those set on the card. > > It does not find ed0 at all. It says that there is no device (or > something to that effect ). I used the install program that my card > came with to check out it's IRQ and IO addresses. Io is 240 and the > IRG is 11. The program tells me (well actually it shows me since my > computer does not talk :^) ) that it is a 8416T 10Base-T i/o base > 240 IRQ 11 node address 00-E0-29-03-21-27 (whatever that is). I had ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ That would be the MAC address of your card. > configured the kernel and put in the values that I was given but > ...as I said before Still no joy. Oh yea, it is an Isa card. When the > Guy from Rogers Wave came over to do the install he said he couldn't > get the PCI card to work since I had an older Pentium PCI model and > the plug and play didn't work the way it should.He replaced it with a > ISA 16 bit card. Of course he also claimed the system didn't work and > he would have to get someone to check it out the next day. (I was > using the internet ten minutes after he left, It worked fine). > I have reinstalled the card on two occassions under windows 95 with > noproblem. So I do know how to set the parameters in TCPIP. (I do not > mean to sound snotty when I say this, I just mnetion it so you will > get the idea that I sorta know what I am doing) > > > Before you can get anywhere, we need to find the card. Once that's > > found, then we can go on to configuring the system to talk to your > > network. > > I would love to be able to find the card. Truth to tell I don't care > which Unix clone I use as long as I can get one of them to work. I've > about had it with Linux at this point. The only reason I want a Unix > clone is to use the internet. Once I can get the family using it then > I plan on chucking Windows forever. > > > If you're having trouble, please post the output of the `dmesg' > > command and the current IRQ & port settings of your Ethernet card as > > supplied by the setup program (or in a pinch Win95). > > I can not output dmesg because I haven't got a clue what you're > talking about > > > (Preview: you'll have to install the WIDE DHCP client from the CD or > > FTP site.) > > > > Doug White | University of Oregon > > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > > I do appreciate any help you can offer on this. My frustration level > is about to reach the top here. > > thanks > Brent Doug is asking you to mail him the output from the `dmesg' command; it reports the messages your system issued when it booted. Just redirect the output to a file and include the file in your reply. dmesg > foo Creates a file named ``foo'' with the messages that Doug needs to help you. Hang in there. FreeBSD users are pretty good at solving problems like these once they have enough background information. -- Regards, Norman C. Rice, Jr.