From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 14 12:39:21 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gdmckee.local (pc-62-30-209-11-so.blueyonder.co.uk [62.30.209.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 382C537B403 for ; Sat, 14 Jul 2001 12:39:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd@gdmckee.com) Received: from [192.168.0.10] (helo=p300) by gdmckee.local with smtp (Exim 3.31 #1) id 15LVEv-000KXW-00; Sat, 14 Jul 2001 20:38:09 +0100 Message-ID: <000d01c10c9c$877c8240$0a00a8c0@p300> From: "G D McKee" To: , References: <0d9f70036170e71TVCABO07@netcabo.pt> Subject: Re: 3Com Etherlink XL 10/100 PCI RJ45 Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 20:38:16 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi It sounds like your BIOS needs changing to boot from a HDD and not from the NIC. I use these are in my boxes and they operate fine. G D McKee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joćo Fernandes" To: Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 6:41 PM Subject: 3Com Etherlink XL 10/100 PCI RJ45 > Heys > > I've just tryed installing my new NIC but it gave me a boot problem, when it starts up it asks me if I would like to book > from the network (and seeing I'm using this NIC for my cablemodem) I say no, thank you; now the problem is that when > it's suposed to boot from the HD it dosent, saying that there is no available system to boot even before FBSD's > bootmanager makes its appearance. > > Sometimes FBSDs bootmanager shows up but hangs before I can input to wich OS to boot. > > I have both Windows 98 SE and FBSD 4.3 cvsuped a few weeks ago. > > My HD is a maxtor, 20G with an UDMA66 controler (reason why I have to set at the bios a) to boot from int 86 - the > network, and b) not to detect any IDE HDs) > > I've tryed setting the HD to IDE by disconnecting it from the controler and connecting it directly to the MB with no > changes regarding the boot problem. > > > Hope someone can help me. > > JF > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message