Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:03:16 +1000 From: "Don Hansford" <donh@halenet.com.au> Cc: <newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: it just goes on and on....... Message-ID: <002f01bf00b0$cff139c0$7b2137cb@igor> References: <19990917001334.81301.qmail@hotmail.com> <37E18CD6.89C08086@eoe-magical.org>
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Onya Donald! This is just what this poor bugger wants to hear, I don't think! He doesn't need to know what is or isn't the best choice in NIC cards, he needs help with what he has got. As for installing DOS first, I started using BSD to get AWAY from that garbage, not back into it. I have been running FreeBSD for about six weeks now, (my first foray into any Un*x type OS), but at least I'll try to help him, not tell him what he is doing wrong! If you have been running BSD/OS 3.0 for "a few years", what are you doing on the 'Newbies' list? Be part of the solution, or become part of the problem! Regards Igor Double your drive space - delete Windows! ----- Original Message ----- From: Donald <druid@eoe-magical.org> To: gregory kinney <mycotropic@hotmail.com> Cc: <newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, September 17, 1999 10:35 AM Subject: Re: it just goes on and on....... > gezzzz I installed Freebsd on my machine after running > BSD/OS 3.0 for a few years and the install was real easy. > First 3com in not a good choice for Freebsd, to many things > to hassel with, PNP, interupts and so on. What you need is a real > simple non-pnp ISA slot NIC card like SMC. > You should have installed DOS first, got you nic cards working, > disabled pnp, and had the machine all partitioned first. > Sound card, video card and so forth. > > > > gregory kinney wrote: > > > i am one very short step from just giving up on this install > > > > the most current problem - not counting the hours of trying to get anything > > to work - is getting any ethernet cards to work in any way; > > > > i need to have 2 cards to bridge 2 subnets > > they are in the machine > > they are 3com > > i have addresses for both subnets > > they are pluged in > > the jacks are live > > the machine is on > > unfortunately i have NO eo0 or eo1 or vx0 or vx1 > > thats about all there is to work with > > wont mount eo0 or eo1 or vx0 or vx1 > > > > so how in the world do you mount an ethernet device???? > > the networking comands exist in rc.config!!!! > > (for one of them anyway) > > where are the devices? > > i certainly cant find them! > > > > and i cant recompile the kernal, inserting them, cause i cant find the > > kernel source on the location specified in the book!!! > > i TOLD the install wizard to install all of the /src > > but apparently it descided not to! > > > > anyway - i am 4 more hours into an instilation that is about 12 hours old > > and STILL CANT FIND AN IP ADDRESS!!! > > > > thanks all > > > > greg kinney > > > > ______________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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