From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 6 23:19:06 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 00B3F16A41F for ; Sun, 6 Nov 2005 23:19:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2392B43D46 for ; Sun, 6 Nov 2005 23:19:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id jA6NJ33k007190; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 00:19:03 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 1E243B822; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 00:19:03 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 00:19:03 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Matthew Smith Message-ID: <20051106231903.GA46371@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Smith , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <436DCB19.2090005@kbc.net.au> <20051106102456.GA26939@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <436E6776.8030507@kbc.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="yrj/dFKFPuw6o+aM" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <436E6776.8030507@kbc.net.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NFS Installation Issues X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 23:19:06 -0000 --yrj/dFKFPuw6o+aM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 06:58:38AM +1030, Matthew Smith wrote: > >>I assume that there's a kernel module not loaded, so after looking > >>further through the documentation, I found that I should be able to put > >>a line in /boot/defaults/loader.conf. Since the installation so far was > >>actually bootable (that's one up on Linux!), I did this. All this did > >>for me was to generate a warning that the module was already loaded. > >=20 > > Then try to use the "something weird" as the ethernet device. >=20 > Thanks for that Roland - I've had another look, but the "something > weird" is PLIP, which I believe to be some parallel port communication > system. Yes, that's IP over a parallel port.=20 > So, my real question remains: how does one get a network card > recognised? You don't have to. The GENERIC kernel comes with all network card drivers built as modules. If FreeBSD has a driver for your network chip/card, it should show up. If it doesn't, make sure that it's not disabled in the BIOS and that the cable is actually connected to the hub/router. If none of that works, try to give us some details about the chip/card. Make and model if possible. I've never done a network install, but look at section 2.2.4 of the Handbook. It describes what info you need to have on-hand for a network install. If you don't want to type all these numbers in, configure a machine on the network that you are connecting to as a DHCP server. Of course, you must also have an FTP server available if you want to do an FTP install. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith (http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/) Please send e-mail as plain text. public key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt --yrj/dFKFPuw6o+aM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDbo9nEnfvsMMhpyURAlC6AJ4pB1eJjCopVpft+aEUcUt/GHLAXgCgiyCa NSgFIIr82DbMjgZmdz7ZtEs= =mgcg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --yrj/dFKFPuw6o+aM--