From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 14 14:45:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA27904 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 14 Aug 1996 14:45:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tpone.telepac.pt (tpone.telepac.pt [194.65.3.20]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA27896 for ; Wed, 14 Aug 1996 14:45:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.telepac.pt (netpac.telepac.pt [194.65.3.35]) by tpone.telepac.pt (8.6.12/1.0) with ESMTP id WAA06614 for ; Wed, 14 Aug 1996 22:42:50 GMT Received: from quick.telepac.pt (cap1_p13.telepac.pt [194.65.32.205]) by mail.telepac.pt (8.7.5/0.0) with SMTP id WAA06394 for ; Wed, 14 Aug 1996 22:44:05 GMT Message-ID: <32123AC8.E43@usa.net> Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 22:44:56 +0200 From: Lloyd X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b5aGold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Network Cards Problems Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hello! I am a FreeBSD 2.1 user. I'm kind of a newbie in this subject, because I've been using it for one year. I have a couple questions to ask: 1 - When trying to extract something using the command TAR I keep getting a message like "Could not write to device /dev/rst0. Device not available". Why do I receive this!? This is when I am root, because when I'm a simple user I receive: "Permition denied" in the same device. I use: tar -x 2 - I own three computers and I am trying to connect them in a network using the software provided together with the three network cards I own: NE200 compatible, DEC DC21040 and LE8029R processor based PCI cards. The problem: On the computer wich has the NE2000, no problem: I can even connect to the other computer when they are using using Win95 TCP/IP protocol. On the PC wich uses the LE8029R card, it simply does not recognize ANY network card. In the documentaion that card is not supported (at least not mentioned). Also when I boot, I get that message wich tells me to warn SOMEONE (haven't written his name :). Do you need some info to make it supported on the system? I am a programmer but can't manage to make it work in BSD yet... On the DC21040 based one, the FreeBSD simply does not boot. When I remove the card, everything ok! Could you please be so kind to help me with these matters? Or at least indicate or forward this message to someone who will help me? Thank you very much and thank's a lot to keep supporting this EXCELLENT OS. Joao Duraes