From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Oct 22 19:18:27 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mail.shadow.net (mail.shadow.net [204.177.71.231]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C74D14C3B for ; Fri, 22 Oct 1999 19:18:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from reason@shadow.net) Received: from ararat.mygus.com (mail@mch.shadow.net [207.17.59.250]) by mail.shadow.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA22586; Fri, 22 Oct 1999 22:19:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=ararat ident=vladik) by ararat.mygus.com with smtp (Exim 3.03 #1 (Debian)) id 15UBuC-0002PR-00; Tue, 07 Aug 2001 14:48:40 -0400 From: Vladislav To: David Wolfskill , freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: RE: [Q] NE2000 startup config Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 14:40:17 -0400 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.28] Content-Type: text/plain References: <199910211358.GAA94920@pau-amma.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <199910211358.GAA94920@pau-amma.whistle.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01080714483902.00729@ararat> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Thanks for your help, I was able to get to the configuration prompt and configure my card. Only once I exit (using the save options) it does not save it anywere. I also found a site http://www.freebsddiary.org/freebsd/kernelchange.htm that actually descibed how to make changes to the files in /boot directory. The problem I am having right now is that the system does not seem to read those files. I think this is because I do not have boot loader installed, I boot from a floppy disk (I tried to install FreeBSD's boot manager but I have a old MB that can only boot from drive 1, and my freeBSD is on drive 2 (all IDE), and even though drive 1 has free space from block 0 to block 63, FreeBSD cannot create a partion there, so overall I cannot install the boot manager onto the boot sectors of drive 1 and therfore cannot boot from the hardisk, and therefore cannot use /boot/kernel.conf files to manage the boot process.) But anyways, thanks for the help, I guess, I have no other way but to change the address of my network card (but then I have the sound card that is on x280, so I have change that as well). Vladislav > > I believe that a way for the original correspondent to address his > concern (no pun intended, honest!) would be to interrupt the "spinning > propeller" 10-second count-down during boot by pressing the space bar > once. Then, at the "boot> " prompt, enter "boot -c", which will allow > the same kind of configuration dialog that was provided for during the > install of FreeBSD. > > It should then be possible to select Network cards; from those, select > the NE2000(-compatible) ed0, then (in the lower part of the screen) > specify the low address in question (and optionally, the IRQ). > > Upon leaving this dialog, one will have the option to save the results; > I recommend doing this. ("Under the covers", this writes a file called > /boot/kernel.conf. It may be of interest to look at this file at some > point, though it's not necessary under most conditions.) > > The above-cited procedure is discussed on pp. 50-52 of the 2nd edition > of _The Complete FreeBSD_; especially p. 51. > > Cheers, > david > -- > David Wolfskill dhw@whistle.com UNIX System Administrator > voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (888) 347-0197 FAX: (650) 372-5915 > > > 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