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Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 16:14:57 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: jumpmaster <jumpmaster@citrine.cyberstation.net>
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Subject: Re: Help... Installation looses Network interface after installing
 via FTP
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On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, jumpmaster wrote:

> I have installed FreeBSD 2.2.7 via FTP on my system.  I inserted the
> boot floppy and the intallation program found my network interface just
> fine. It is a PCI NIC built into the MB. The interface was shown as
> lnc1. I was able for plug in my settings and download very easily.
> 
> Now when I boot from the kernel it installed on mh HD the network
> interface is not found. I get the message:
> 
> ifconfig: interface lnc1 does not exist
> 
> If I run /stand/sysinstall to try to reconfigure the network interface
> it does not give me the option to configure an ethernet connection.
> 
> Here is dmesg -v  I get when booting from the HD.

Well, lnc1 is there:

> lnc1 <PCNet/PCI Ethernet adapter> rev 2 int a irq 11 on pci0:11:0
>  mapreg[10] type=1 addr=00001000 size=0020.
>  reg16: ioaddr=0x1000 size=0x20

I would try reenabling lnc0:

> lnc0: disabled, not probed.

Perhaps the driver gets nuked with lnc0 turned off.

I'd like to see the output of 'ifconfig -a' regardless.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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