From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 24 18:52:46 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA11990 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 24 Oct 1996 18:52:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA11983 for ; Thu, 24 Oct 1996 18:52:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by who.cdrom.com (8.7.5/8.6.11) with ESMTP id SAA14679 for ; Thu, 24 Oct 1996 18:42:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA14656; Thu, 24 Oct 1996 18:42:34 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 18:42:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Oneal Bhambani cc: jkh@cdrom.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FTP Installation (Ethernet) In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19961025005821.0068a570@pop.ben2.ucla.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 24 Oct 1996, Oneal Bhambani wrote: > I had a question about installing FreeBSD from an FTP Server. I'm running > off a 3-Com Ethernet card at UCLA. But after I choose the FTP I want to > install from it gives me the following connections: > > slip, ppp on com 1, slip on com 2, ppp on com 2, and laplink cable. > > In the FreeBSD Manual there is "ed1" and lets you click on the Ethernet > card. How come it doesnt give me an option to use Ethernet? Do I have to > install the drivers for the Ethernet Card on DOS maybe? You should boot with the -c option and configure the ep0 device to use the IRQ and port settings of the card, as configured in 3c5x9cfg. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major