From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 9 14:42:45 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E04BD37B401 for ; Mon, 9 Dec 2002 14:42:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from ens1.eatel.net (www.premier.net [209.124.203.53]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 558A943EBE for ; Mon, 9 Dec 2002 14:42:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from matbranyon@eatel.net) Received: from locke.home.lan (ras-pool-206-124-220-42.eatel.net [206.124.220.42]) by ens1.eatel.net (8.12.0/8.12.0) with ESMTP id gB9MgYMW007036; Mon, 9 Dec 2002 16:42:35 -0600 (CST) Subject: RE: Ethernet card problem From: Mat Branyon To: Thomas Connolly Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <001201c29fd2$4190ea80$5608a8c0@ceesi.com> References: <001201c29fd2$4190ea80$5608a8c0@ceesi.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 09 Dec 2002 16:43:34 -0600 Message-Id: <1039473817.3018.20.camel@locke.home.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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