From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 30 11:09:13 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A285416A4BF for ; Sat, 30 Aug 2003 11:09:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web21104.mail.yahoo.com (web21104.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.227.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2A35F43F93 for ; Sat, 30 Aug 2003 11:09:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from materribile@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20030830180912.37159.qmail@web21104.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [24.228.74.10] by web21104.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 30 Aug 2003 11:09:12 PDT Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 11:09:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Terribile To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20030830131047.301C316A4C1@hub.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: 4.8 install issues with Neatgear FA310TX NIC X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 18:09:13 -0000 Matt Bjornson writes: > I downloaded and burned the two ISO for 4.8. .... > The NIC is not being recognized however, it is a > Netgear FA310TX. ... The kernel is not recognizing > and NIC driver... I tried to manually select each > Network driver in UserConfig with no success when > I select AT&T Starlan 10 and EN100, 3c507, NI5210 > I get a conflict with the PC-card controller > this is not a laptop ... The light on my router/hub > is green so the cable is good... Ouch! This sounds like a problem I had with an Abit/AMD motherboard (or is `mainboard' the trendy term?). Mine was costly; when FreeBSD 4.6 attempted to initialize one of the NICs, it apparently wiped the field- upgradable BIOS, destroying the board. It wouldn't even POST. I went through two of them (one at a vendor's expense, save shipping). I finally switched to a more expensive Gigabit/Intel board. I believe the ABit board (a KD7 with GigE) had an Intel NIC, so it appears that something else, perhaps peculiar to the mobo or its maker, is being mistaken for a NIC. You can find the report in the FreeBSD bugs archive by searching for ``terribile'', all fields. Mark Terribile __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com