Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 23:28:00 -0800 From: Dann Lunsford <dann@greycat.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: DHCP problem when installing 3.4-RELEASE Message-ID: <20000229232800.A2322@greycat.com>
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I'm trying to install 3.4-RELEASE from the CD-ROM's on a colleague's old Thinkpad 755C, and running into a *wierd* snag. First, the environment: Thinkpad 755C in a docking station; CD #1 in a drive on a very well tested 3.4-STABLE machine. Thinkpad has 3c589d PCMCIA card. Card, cables, etc. work perfectly under (*YUCK*) Windows. Since the docking station CD is not recognized by the install kernel, I'm attempting to do an NFS install. The network has a DHCP server I use all the time with my laptop, also running 3.4-STABLE. So I attempt to use DHCP at install. Here's where it gets wierd: Install says no DHCPOFFERS. Turn on a sniffer, the Thinkpad is sending DHCPDISCOVER's *and the server is responding with OFFERS!* For some reason, the Thinkpad is simply ignoring the OFFERS. What I see in the log screen is a number of DISCOVERs with various timeouts (and the sniffer sees them all, followed by OFFERS!), followed by a message saying no OFFERS detected; the main screen then goes to the manual config screen. NOTHING I've tried has worked. Clearly something is wrong. But what? The card is functioning, the DHCP server functions with every machine I've tried, I don't *think* I screwed up with the install options (this is how I got one of the other Thinkpads in the office working), so I'm at a loss. I'll probably have to PLIP it, which I've done a number of times, also. Has anyone seen anything like this? Or is it just my Murphy Field acting up again? -- Dann Lunsford The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil dann@greycat.com is that men of good will do nothing. -- Cicero To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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