Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 06:59:30 -0600 From: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: amy@explorer.tip.CSIRO.AU Subject: Re: 4.0-RELEASE, PCMCIA, DHCP and IP Message-ID: <00033007104300.07410@nomad.dataplex.net> In-Reply-To: <200003301137.VAA82294@explorer.tip.CSIRO.AU> References: <200003301137.VAA82294@explorer.tip.CSIRO.AU>
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On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, Shaun Amy, CSIRO TIP/ATNF wrote: > Basically I am trying to install 4.0-RELEASE (off a CD I burnt from the ISO > image whilst I wait for the WC CD kit) on a Dell Latitude CPi laptop (which > has run FreeBSD 2.2.x and FreeBSD 3.2 in the past). I boot off floppy, do > the install of the CD and everything works just fine, including finding the > PCMCIA ethernet card (3Com 3C589B which I know works with FreeBSD) and using > DHCP to get the correct network parameters over the network. > > The only problem is (and this sounds silly) is that with the PCMCIA card > configured with DHCP addresses it won't pass any IP traffic, even a ping to > another machine on the same subnet fails (so it isn't a routing issue). I saw similar problems on my laptop. I was trying to do a net install :-( I think that the problem is related to interrupts. From what I could see, they are getting lost. I gave up trying the net install. Since you already have a CD to get the info onto the HD, you should be able to investigate it further. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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