From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 12 0:27:43 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from c014.sfo.cp.net (c014-h003.c014.sfo.cp.net [209.228.12.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4D42D37B423 for ; Tue, 12 Sep 2000 00:27:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: (cpmta 6765 invoked from network); 12 Sep 2000 00:27:40 -0700 Received: from belle.fuweb.com (HELO ?199.26.222.3?) (216.59.0.127) by smtp.flashcom.net (209.228.12.67) with SMTP; 12 Sep 2000 00:27:40 -0700 X-Sent: 12 Sep 2000 07:27:40 GMT Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: quark@postoffice.pacbell.net Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 00:27:34 -0700 To: "Jason C. Wells" From: "Paul Fu, Jr." Subject: Re: Problems with installation Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks for the rapid response. The problem is that it freezes after the pci0 declarations and the OS doesn't complete installation. Is there a way around this? Thanks. Paul At 12:34 AM -0700 9/12/00, Jason C. Wells wrote: >On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Paul Fu, Jr. wrote: > >> I get 8 conflicts, 7 of which are in the networking section. I have a >> Netgear FA311 10/100 NIC and this is not one of the selections that >> are listed. If I delete all of the NIC configurations and then >> continue, I go into the device probing section where it promptly >> freezes after displaying: >> >> pci0: (vendor=0x100b, dev=0x0020) at 10.0 irq 10 >> pci0: (vendor=0x125d, dev=0x1988) at 11.0 irq 12 >> >> I've tried to pick one of the network cards that are listed and hard >> configure the IRQ and port, but get the same problem. IRQ 10 is the >> NIC. IRQ 12, strangely enough, looks like my mouse (plugged into >> serial port). > >That stuff in visual config is all ISA cards, IIRC. Unless someone >corrects me, don't worry about that too much. As long as the install gets >going, none of that visual user config stuff is "set in stone." > >You might try looking at the website under "supported configurations" to >see if your card is listed. It is possbile that your card is supported by >the system but not in the GENERIC kernel that is on the boot floppy. > >Since you have a CDROM, don't worry about the network hardware config >until you get the OS installed. Once you get the OS installed, you might >be able to get the device support you need by building a custom kernel. > >(Mind you these are just things to think about. I did not check to see if >your card is supported.) > >Thank you, >Jason C. Wells To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message