Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 00:35:08 +0100 From: "Andrzej Bialecki" <abial@webgiro.com> To: "Frost, Stephen C" <stephen.c.frost@intel.com>, <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Cc: "Frost, Stephen C" <stephen.c.frost@intel.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD onto An Intel Saber 8-Proc Server Message-ID: <005e01c1b030$15589450$01000001@ftl> References: <B9ECACBD6885D5119ADC00508B68C1EA0288A61F@orsmsx107.jf.intel.com>
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> later! All things look great until, after choosing NFS for installation > preference, it does not see my standard Intel 10/100 NIC, and installation > can go no further. > > If instead of NFS, I choose 'CD' (Using 4.5 taken from the freebsd.org's > released ISO image) I am able to install up the system, but once rebooted > (allow another 20:07), cannot see the NIC (i.e. doesn't show up in ifconfig, > even though it's built into the kernel.) I can't offer any insights as for the SCSI adapters, but re: NIC - I've had similar symptoms quite a few times with Intel motherboards, and usually the cause was that the NIC was disabled in BIOS. FreeBSD could still see it, but something was missing on the low level and any access to the card would lock up the machine solid... Best regards, Andrzej // ---------------------------------------------------------------- // Andrzej Bialecki <abial@webgiro.com>, Chief System Architect // WebGiro AB, Sweden (http://www.webgiro.com) // ---------------------------------------------------------------- // <abial@freebsd.org> FreeBSD developer (http://www.freebsd.org) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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