Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 10:31:59 -1000 From: Gary Dunn <gdunng@mac.com> To: Alex Charalabidis <alex@wnm.net>, Cassiel <cassiel@dis.org> Cc: stanb@panix.com, Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Are 3C509B's no longer in the install kernel! Message-ID: <00111310362902.01495@shf102107.hi.pac.army.mil> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011120055370.152-100000@earth.wnm.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011120055370.152-100000@earth.wnm.net>
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On Sat, 11 Nov 2000, Alex Charalabidis wrote: > On Sat, 11 Nov 2000, Cassiel wrote: > > > At 07:54 PM 11/11/00 -0500, stanb@panix.com wrote: > > > I have been installing via ftp using 3COM 3C509B's (ISA) for a very > > > long time. > > > > > > Grabed the 4.1-RELEAS disks, and the don't seem to be in the > > > kernel any > > > more! Am I looking at this cross eyed? If not, how can I manage > > > to get > > > FreeBSD installed on a machine with one of thes, if it does not > > > have a > > > CD? > > > > Keep going . . . Why this is could be heard from whoever did the > > rewrite of such, or someone who has actually Looked at the current > > proceedure intead of just running it, but I have seen 3C509s not be in the > > list since the arrival of 4.0, and the install---and resulting networking > > capablility---work just fine . . . > > > To put it clearly, the ep driver (for the 3C509) is no longer an option > but on by default and it'll work without you doing anything. Don't ask me > why it was done or why it's apparently not documented in the release > notes. > > -ac > > > -- > ============================================================== > Alex Charalabidis (AC8139) 5050 Poplar Ave, Ste 170 > System Administrator Memphis, TN 38157 > WebNet Memphis (901) 432 6000 > Author, The Book of IRC http://www.bookofirc.com/ > ============================================================== Ah Ha! So that's why my Compaq server found it's Thunder-thingy NIC even though it was not a configurable option. I really stumbled over that (4.1.1). To even get going I had to disable all NICs (they all had conflict errors) so I assumed networking would be stillborn. Imagine my surprise when later the installer knew about my NIC. I would have to say that this is confusing. -- == Gary Dunn == Honolulu == Open Slate Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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