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Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 and ed0 [SOLVED]
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Gerard Samuel wrote:

> Gerard Samuel wrote:
>
>> Gerard Samuel wrote:
>>
>>> Kris Kennaway wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 09:29:27PM -0500, Gerard Samuel wrote:
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>>> Im trying to move from FreeBSD 4.10 to 5.3.
>>>>> When I used to install 3.x/4.x on this box, I would configure
>>>>> the network card during the install process.
>>>>> According to the manual, the device config part of the install,
>>>>> was taken out, but the network card doesnt get identified by 
>>>>> FreeBSD 5.3.
>>>>> I tried selecting #6 during the install boot menu,
>>>>> and entered ->
>>>>> boot -c
>>>>> in the hopes to get the device config screen, but I didn't get that.
>>>>> Is it possible to get that pre FBSD 5.x device config screen,
>>>>> or is there some way to configure that network card during the 
>>>>> install process??
>>>>>   
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I believe you can set a hint variable from the loader prompt.  The
>>>> defaults are:
>>>>
>>>> hint.ed.0.at="isa"
>>>> hint.ed.0.disabled="1"
>>>
>>>
> While reading the manual at 
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/device-hints.html 
>
> it says ->
> disabled: if set to 1 the device is disabled.
> So that maybe my problem.
> I'll give it a shot tomorrow, and report back... 

Ok.  setting
hint.ed.0.disabled="0"
hint.ed.0.port="0x300"
Solved my problem.
And as a side note, to make the change permanent, modify
/boot/device.hints for the ed0 driver (or I believe it can be
done via a custom kernel).
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction...