From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 29 08:28:07 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6531B16A4CE for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 08:28:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from ctb-mesg2.saix.net (ctb-mesg2.saix.net [196.25.240.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09EA143D2F for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 08:28:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from steven@inloco.co.za) Received: from steven (rrba-163-89.telkomadsl.co.za [165.165.163.89]) by ctb-mesg2.saix.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 31BE91B22C for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2004 18:28:04 +0200 (SAST) Message-ID: <009801c415aa$da8f6230$0100a8c0@steven> From: "Steven Swart" To: Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 18:28:22 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Subject: FreeBSD not recognising network card X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 16:28:07 -0000 Hi all Although not exactly a newbie to FreeBSD, I have been pulling my hair out over an installation that I have been doing. I have installed 5.2.1-RELEASE on a machine I inherited. I know all the hardware is fine because it was running Windows NT Workstation when I got it. Opening the case reveals a PCI network card. On the card chip is written 'Madge K2 RingRunner', which is the only identification I have for this piece of hardware. My problem is that the FreeBSD installer does not pick up any ethernet cards. The only network interfaces I can configure are the loopback interface and the SLIP/PPP interfaces for the COM ports. I have read Chapter 6.8 'Setting Up Network Interface Cards' in the FreeBSD Handbook which tells me to look in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT for a list of network interfaces. No LINT file exists in this path. The other thing the Handbook advises is loading the kernel module for the driver with kldload, something I have tried without success, firstly because I don't know which kernel modules are network drivers and secondly, the ones I did try to load gave me an 'Already Loaded' message. One last thing I tried was to run UserConfig, the boot time kernel configurator. Previous versions of FreeBSD I have installed had a device driver selection utility, configured via a text based menu system. It appears to be missing in 5.2.1. I created a file /boot.config, with one line '0:ad(0,a)/kernel -c'. This does not run UserConfig, I only succeed in locking myself into the boot program, with no idea how to get the OS to boot. One line from my dmesg output that may provide a clue: pci0: at device 9.0 (no driver attached) I know this seems like a rank newbie post but any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks, Steven --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.642 / Virus Database: 410 - Release Date: 29/03/2004