From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 28 12:45:23 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dart.sr.se (dart.SR.SE [193.12.91.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2290214C0C for ; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 12:45:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gunnar@pluto.sr.se) Received: from honken.sr.se ([134.25.128.27]) by dart.sr.se (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA02887; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 21:44:37 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from pluto.sr.se (pluto.SR.SE [134.25.193.91]) by honken.sr.se (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA10592; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 21:44:36 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from gunnar@localhost) by pluto.sr.se (8.9.3/8.9.1) id VAA24550; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 21:44:36 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from gunnar) Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 21:44:36 +0200 From: Gunnar Flygt To: Jeff Van Cleave Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD Kernel question Message-ID: <19990628214436.B24489@sr.se> Reply-To: Gunnar Flygt References: <000401bec19a$7462a9e0$826410ac@jeffvc.intermind.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <000401bec19a$7462a9e0$826410ac@jeffvc.intermind.com>; from Jeff Van Cleave on Mon, Jun 28, 1999 at 12:14:33PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jun 28, 1999 at 12:14:33PM -0700, Jeff Van Cleave wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to install FreeBSD version 3.2 > on a Dell system that has a PCI 3COM 3C905C > ethernet card installed. > > The problem is that the kernel does not see > this card (I got the kern.flp and mfsroot.flp > files from: > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/3.2-RELEASE/floppies/ Try the PAO floppies at http://www.jp.freebsd.org/PAO ! > > My question is, how can you customize the kernel > on installation to handle hardware - specifically > because while you can modify the IRQ and Port, > you cannot (from what I can tell) modify the > device (in this case it needs to be x10). > > What happens is when I go to install the system > does not see the network card and I cannot load > the software from ftp.freebsd.org > > Any help appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Jeff > > ******************************************* > Jeff Van Cleave Intermind > jeffvc@intermind.com > (206)956-9911 (Direct) > (206)812-6000 x911 (Company) > (206)812-6001 (fax) > Practice random acts of intelligence and > senseless acts of self-control. > ******************************************* > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- __o regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_ email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message