Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 11:41:41 -0500 From: Gerard Samuel <fbsd-questions@trini0.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsdquestions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 and ed0 [SOLVED] Message-ID: <418E5045.2060005@trini0.org> In-Reply-To: <418DB447.7040800@trini0.org> References: <418D8887.1020105@trini0.org> <20041107024320.GB66864@xor.obsecurity.org> <418D8DC3.9060308@trini0.org> <418DA628.4010205@trini0.org> <418DB447.7040800@trini0.org>
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Gerard Samuel wrote: > Gerard Samuel wrote: > >> Gerard Samuel wrote: >> >>> Kris Kennaway wrote: >>> >>>> On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 09:29:27PM -0500, Gerard Samuel wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Im trying to move from FreeBSD 4.10 to 5.3. >>>>> When I used to install 3.x/4.x on this box, I would configure >>>>> the network card during the install process. >>>>> According to the manual, the device config part of the install, >>>>> was taken out, but the network card doesnt get identified by >>>>> FreeBSD 5.3. >>>>> I tried selecting #6 during the install boot menu, >>>>> and entered -> >>>>> boot -c >>>>> in the hopes to get the device config screen, but I didn't get that. >>>>> Is it possible to get that pre FBSD 5.x device config screen, >>>>> or is there some way to configure that network card during the >>>>> install process?? >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I believe you can set a hint variable from the loader prompt. The >>>> defaults are: >>>> >>>> hint.ed.0.at="isa" >>>> hint.ed.0.disabled="1" >>> >>> > While reading the manual at > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/device-hints.html > > it says -> > disabled: if set to 1 the device is disabled. > So that maybe my problem. > I'll give it a shot tomorrow, and report back... Ok. setting hint.ed.0.disabled="0" hint.ed.0.port="0x300" Solved my problem. And as a side note, to make the change permanent, modify /boot/device.hints for the ed0 driver (or I believe it can be done via a custom kernel). Thanks for pointing me in the right direction...
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