Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 09:37:46 -0400 From: "Michael W. Oliver" <michael@gargantuan.com> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Roger Grosswiler <roger@gwch.net> Subject: Re: Network while installation slooooooooooooooooow Message-ID: <20050907133746.GA15126@gargantuan.com> In-Reply-To: <20050907112745.L85520@fledge.watson.org> References: <16094.62.2.21.164.1126074081.squirrel@www.gwch.net> <20050907112745.L85520@fledge.watson.org>
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--k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2005-09-07T11:29:43+0100, Robert Watson wrote: >=20 > On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Roger Grosswiler wrote: >=20 >> still struggling with installation of 6.0 Beta 3 on my dell cpi -r >> 400 gt. As installations via cd always brake in panic, i tried to >> install with ftp and nfs from a local server. >> This would work fine, but transfer-ratios of 0.6 kb/sec are far a >> little bit to slow.... >> I tried a download from another pc, my transfer-rate has been more >> than 1000 kb/sec :-) >> is it possible, that pcmcia-cards (3com) are not supported well? >> unfortunately, i have no other to check :-( >=20 > It's possible, but I think that the packets move at all suggests that > they work reasonable well. Most likely, you're experiencing an > interrupt problem, so packets come in, but the OS isn't being properly > notified of the event, and only checks as a result of an unrelated > event, so they trickle in. I.e., it could be a pccard bus > configuration problem. You may want to send the output of "dmesg -v", > which can be extracted most easily using a serial console if the > installation isn't able to complete. also, ensure that you don't have a duplex mismatch... that is a real killer. --=20 Mike Oliver [see complete headers for contact information] --k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDHu0qsWv7q8X6o8kRAhYoAKCu3GVE/qx3+Z2lHUmDSCBSaCR6xwCfSdoR drR7D3hHfgtYN2zazRVxH74= =u/M4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0--
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