Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 16:28:51 -0600 From: James Stephenson <jstephen@olivet.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Problem with Network Card During Install... Message-ID: <3A01EAA3.A3741532@olivet.edu> References: <A743B7E36C43D311850200508B10DCDA0130E6A4@sleepy.intra.uwlax.edu>
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I recently added another computer to my room. It is a 486 that I put in here so I could run another operating system, and I chose FreeBSD. I have used FreeBSD for over a year now, on a different machine, but recently decided to have a dedicated machine for this operating system. I created both boot disks, and was planning to FTP install here from my network at school as I do not have a working CD-ROM to use with the system nor do I have current FBSD media. I have a working network card, but I cannot get the kernel to recognize it. The card is an ISA Gateway Communications, Inc. G/Ethertwist PC with AUI, UTP, and BNC (jumpers set to UTP operation). It also has 8 dipswitches, which, I believe, set the address of the card. I know this is an old card, and is not the easiest type to set up for use with any machine, but I got 4 of them for free and have no other working network cards to use right now. So, because it works (the lights light up and my hub lights up, too) I am trying to see if I can use these things. I have tried nearly every combination I can think of in the initial kernel config for install. I believe this may be NE2000 compatible, but I am not certain on that. I don't know what the IRQ and the address of the card are, and I have no idea what the jumpers and dipswitches (current dipswitch settings are: 1, 3, & 4 on; 2 & 5-8 off) set it to. If anyone knows anything about these cards, esp. the address and IRQ settings and what driver to use in the kernel config, I would be very grateful. Thank you for any information anyone can provide. James To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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