Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 15:50:25 -0500 From: Nathan Dorfman <nathan@rtfm.net> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Tulip NIC found at boot, but interface doesn't exist Message-ID: <19991229155025.A24822@rtfm.net>
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I am having the following problem with install disks from 3.4-RELEASE as well as today's (Dec. 29) snapshots of both -CURRENT and -STABLE. The NIC in the machine (an SMC card with a DEC 21140 Tulip) is detected and identified by the de0 driver at boot. However, after boot the interface does not exist. Sysinstall cannot find it to perform an FTP installation. Starting a holographic shell and running ifconfig -a shows that the de0 interface is indeed nonexistent. This is actually the second NIC I am trying; there was a PCI NE2K clone in the machine before that exhibited the same behavior. Anyone have any idea what could be causing a network card to be detected at boot but not show up as a network interface once the system is up? I need the kern.flp/mfsroot.flp floppies to recognize the nic in order to install the OS via FTP. Thanks in advance. P.S. - Please Cc: me if you reply as I am not on -hardware. -- Nathan Dorfman <nathan@rtfm.net> The statements and opinions in my Unix Admin @ Frontline Communications public posts are mine, not FCC's. "The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an approaching train." --/usr/games/fortune To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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