Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 09:52:23 -0500 From: Bob Johnson <bobj@atlantic.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, J Michael Graham <jmgraham@midsouth.rr.com> Subject: Re: ftp install problems Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000311095223.009ba2f0@rio.atlantic.net> In-Reply-To: <20000311131629.C13081@lucifer.bart.nl> References: <AKEGLKPEJBHLBIPLIMGNGEAJCBAA.jmgraham@midsouth.rr.com> <AKEGLKPEJBHLBIPLIMGNGEAJCBAA.jmgraham@midsouth.rr.com>
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Prior to the pending 4.0 release, the install floppies do not do a very good job with PCMCIA Ethernet cards (and I'm not convinced the 4.0 release will be much better, but that's a different story). I've had the most success dealing with it as follows: 1) Go to http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/PAO/ and get the latest PAO install floppy set for 3.4-RELEASE 2) Do your install from a "mainstream" FreeBSD site (i.e., not the PAO site). It will do your install, but complain that it couldn't find the PAO stuff. It will offer to let you reconfigure your install options and retry the missing distributions. 3) Change the install source to be the PAO site and let it try again. It should find the PAO distribution and install it on your system. 4) If you do additional post-install configuration, you will probably need to again change the install options to use a mainstream FreeBSD site. You can do all of this from the "Novice" install option, which I recommend over the "Custom" install. "Novice" attempts to make you do things in the right order, which prevents some subtle problems later. -- Bob At 01:16 PM 03/11/2000 +0100, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven wrote: >-On [20000310 20:50], J Michael Graham (jmgraham@midsouth.rr.com) wrote: >>I'm using a laptop that is sufficiently too old to boot from CDROM. >>I have a linksys fast Ethernet 10/100 pcmcia NIC that debian runs fine w/ >>the dummy driver set. >>FreeBSD install doesn't even seem to detect it, and does not give any option >>for Ethernet install. >>However, the card has power, and the link light is good. >>Any advice/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. >>I'm an NT admin, trying to learn the *ix world as fast as I can, but this >>has me plain stumped, as I didn't find ANYTHING in the install options that >>has presented an Ethernet option for ftp install yet. > >This would be best answered in freebsd-questions. > >Please honour the reply-to's. > >-- >Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven Network- and systemadministrator ><asmodai@bart.nl> VIA NET.WORKS The Netherlands >BSD: Technical excellence at its best http://www.bart.nl >Love will draw us in, to wipe our Tears away... > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message > > +-------------------------------------------------------- | Bob Johnson | bobj@atlantic.net +-------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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