Date: 09 Dec 2002 16:43:34 -0600 From: Mat Branyon <matbranyon@eatel.net> To: Thomas Connolly <tpconnolly@frii.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Ethernet card problem Message-ID: <1039473817.3018.20.camel@locke.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <001201c29fd2$4190ea80$5608a8c0@ceesi.com> References: <001201c29fd2$4190ea80$5608a8c0@ceesi.com>
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Make sure pnp operating system is disabled in your bios and pnp disabled on your card, or maybe recompiling your kernel for pnp support... --mat On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 16:28, Thomas Connolly wrote: > > This is exactly my situation, any ideas?? > "If his NIC is *not* there when it's time to configure and start > the d-load, it's a hardware/BIOS issue, or somebody's broke > sysinstall(8).....or is there another option I'm missing?" > > Tom > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Kevin D. Kinsey, > DaleCo, S.P. > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 3:05 PM > To: hawkeyd@visi.com; Jack L. Stone > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Ethernet card problem > > OK, he's got a Kingston (generally dc driver) and is trying > to do sysinstall and d-load over NIC. > > IME it doesn't matter what you pick in the "configuration" > section of sysinstall --- whatever's first should work, because > those are just old nonPNP ISA NIC drivers. > > After doing "kernel configuration in full-screen visual/CLI/skip" > then sysinstall does an initial device probe, and when you get > to "configure interface," it should be there. > > For the record, device miibus is enabled in -GENERIC kernel. > > If his NIC is *not* there when it's time to configure and start > the d-load, it's a hardware/BIOS issue, or somebody's broke > sysinstall(8).....or is there another option I'm missing? > > Kevin Kinsey > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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