Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 08:55:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: reader@newsguy.com (Harry Putnam) Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCMCIA PAO/ network install Message-ID: <200006221255.IAA83320@blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <m28zvxsydy.fsf@reader.ptw.com> from Harry Putnam at "Jun 22, 2000 5:17:45 am"
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Harry, We just had a *long* thread on the Netgear card. Some work, many don't. You probably have the bad one. A fix has been developed. Hey, does anyone out there know if it's been committed yet? I haven't seen any changes in if_ed_pccard.c. You'll want to install a snapshot, once it's in -stable. ==ml > > Group, > > Attempting to install FreeBSD on a Toshiba 4005CDS (satellite). > > Netgear TX410 pcmcia card > Noteworthy 56K MODEM PCCARD > > I want to use the network/ftp install method. I have the 4.0 > distribution on disk on another machine that is running redhat linux > 6.2. That machine is setup as an anon. ftp server. > > I considered the `Install from Dos partition' method but with a > downloaded distro there is the forest of symlinks that dos knows > nothing about. > > Anyway a network/ftp install should be a working option. > > First I tried getting to it with just the 4.0 kern.flp and msfroot.flp > images. > > After resolving 8 (network) conflicts in the opening screens kern config, > I was quereried about using PC-card as install method and > answered yes. I assume that would be necessary for ftp too although > that isn't mentioned. In fact the dialog sort of implies that it is > about a pcmcia cdrom, which is not the case on my machine. > > Is answering yes at that stage correct? > > A notification box appears to the effect that PC-card is being > configed. > > Next the menu driven install menu comes up. > Proceeding with disk arrangements slice and dice. > > Select distrib type etc. When asked what type of install answer > `ftp'. (I didn't choose the passive option) > > Setup the requireed addresses and put the ftp numeric server address > as gateway. > > Finally selecting `URL' and inserting the address to the Freebsd distro. > ftp//:192.168.xx.xx/pub/bsd/u/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.0-RELEASE > > I see a notice that a connection is being attempted.. looking at the > ouput I see device ed0 timing out repeatedly. > > Watching the system messages on the server I see no connect attempt. > > Next I downloaded the PAO images kern.flp and mfsroot.flp for 3.4 and > attempted a network ftp install from there. > > My netgear 410 is listed as supported at PAO home page. > > Nearly identical results . One difference being the opening kernel > config screen for resolving conflicts showed 15 conflicts, mostly network stuff, > which I resoved and proceeded. > > No connection occured, the repeated device timeouts showed on debug screen. > > What can I do to get this to work? > > If this had worked would I have been able to install 4.0 after booting > with pao 3.4 images? > > NOTES: > > I tried removing the MODEM card and switching slots with the remaining > PCMCIA ethernet card. When attempting the ftp install this way I was > only offered `slip' `plip' and `ppp' options so aparently the OS didn't > recognize the remaining card as ethernet. > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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