From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Feb 19 16:53:45 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from idscc05.onewest.net (idscc05.onewest.net [199.104.81.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6574637B402 for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2002 16:53:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from [12.7.223.212] (helo=terry) by idscc05.onewest.net with smtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16dL0q-0000zJ-00 for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2002 17:53:36 -0700 Message-ID: <006b01c1b9b0$a3963f40$0400a8c0@terry> From: "Terry Thomas" To: References: Subject: Re: Post-install networking problem Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 17:48:03 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Do a search here http://groups.google.com/groups?group=mailing.freebsd.questions or here for the faq and docs and mailinglist http://www.freebsd.org/search/search.html etc/rc.conf sounds like the problem but you might have a fouled up kernel... Hope this helps! Terry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron deRozario" To: Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 4:24 PM Subject: Post-install networking problem > have recently completed my first installation of freeBSD using version > 4.4. Unfortunately during the installation phase I did not pay enough > attention to the kernel configuration and that has left me with a > driver/IRQ conflict between my NE2000(Realtek 8029) ISA NIC driver and > the COM2 serial port driver. The result of this is that I am unable to > use the NIC. > > I have entered boot -c at the prompt and entered the visual mode to > configure the kernel. I am able to disable the driver for the COM2 > port, which I don't use, setup the correct IRQ etc for the NIC save and > exit. This gives me access to the NIC and I can configure the ed0 > device fine. > > The problem is on reboot the kernel reverts to the first configuration > - resulting in no networking. No doubt there is a way to fix this (I > thought the save & exit option would sort this out but it doesn't) but > I'm not sure how to do this. Do I need to - > a) reinstall - least favoured option > b) recompile the kernel - certainly doable, but not favoured > or > c) is there a config file/command that will enable my hardware/kernel > driver settings to be kept over a reboot. > > In the archives I have come across a similar problem - alas the thread > seemed to end before an answer came forward. If anyone can be of > assistance in this matter it would be much appreciated. > > Aaron > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message