From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 25 04:50:01 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id EAA20759 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 25 Jan 1996 04:50:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from aztec.co.za (aztec.co.za [196.7.70.131]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id EAA20751 for ; Thu, 25 Jan 1996 04:49:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from pcm.co.za [196.3.226.39] by aztec.co.za with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #2) id m0tfR5G-000aoRC; Thu, 25 Jan 96 14:47 EET Received: from PCM1/MERC_Q by pcm.co.za (Mercury 1.21); 25 Jan 96 14:38:45 +2 Received: from MERC_Q by PCM1 (Mercury 1.21); 25 Jan 96 14:38:21 +2 From: "Irvine Short" Organization: Professional Computer Manufacturers To: questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 14:38:17 +2 Subject: Re: Install fail after getting files, before full config X-Confirm-Reading-To: "Irvine Short" X-pmrqc: 1 Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.23) Message-ID: <3D3977901AD@pcm.co.za> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hi again I've fixed the problem below by reading the sysconfig file more carefully ;-[ (i added the right ifconfig bit) but is there a way of re-running the nice friendly script I was in the middle of? How would I add a second network card? MAKEDEV doesn't do that... I could add it at the default for ed0 (I've just got ed1, an ne2000 compat at 300 irq5) but that seems a bit restrictive. What if I wanted three or four ethernet cards? TIA > Will I have to go through everything manually? I have manually edited > the /etc/sysconfig file, but the system complains about > demo1.pcm.co.za (hostname I manually put into sysconfig) does not > exist. > > If I do a route add default (my own IP address) it fails. > It seems that the NE2000 card is not configured at all. How do I > assign the IP address and the subnet mask to the NE2000? In SCO I > would use netconfig. What is FreeBSD's equivalent? Regards, Irvine Short http://www.pcm.co.za/homepage/ishort/irv_home.html Technical Support Engineer Professional Computer Manufacturers Amalgamated House, Jordaan St Cape Town, South Africa Tel: ++27-21-235084 Fax ++27-21-235089