From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 13 16:28:34 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA28947 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 13 Jan 1996 16:28:34 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA28929 Sat, 13 Jan 1996 16:28:20 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 14:16:01 -0800 (PST) From: Dave Walton To: "Adam C. Seishas" cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: Hardware problems during installation... In-Reply-To: <01BAE0EB.C1563A20@Imladris.Stanford.EDU> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 12 Jan 1996, Adam C. Seishas wrote: > I am trying to install FreeBSD over FTP, but the 2.1 installation > program will not configure my 3C509 Ethernet card. Are there any > reasons why this might occur or solutions to the problem which might not > have found their way into the documentation with this release (I have > tried the suggestions provided there)? I apologize if this is the wrong > place to send questions of this nature... I could not locate any other > resources. This is the right place. The 3C509 has three interfaces: BNC, TP, and AUI. The FreeBSD ep* driver doesn't auto-detect which interface you are using. The card came with a DOS configuration utility that will let you set the card to use one of those three interfaces, or auto. Make sure it's specifically set to the interface you are using. Dave ========================================================================== David Walton Programmer PSI INTERNATIONAL, Inc. email: dwalton@psiint.com 190 South Orchard #C200 Fax :(707)451-6484 Vacaville, CA 95688 Phone:(707)451-3503 ==========================================================================