Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 00:36:07 -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 Message-ID: <418DB447.7040800@trini0.org> In-Reply-To: <418DA628.4010205@trini0.org> References: <418D8887.1020105@trini0.org> <20041107024320.GB66864@xor.obsecurity.org> <418D8DC3.9060308@trini0.org> <418DA628.4010205@trini0.org>
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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...
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