Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 14:19:29 -0500 From: Brendan McAlpine <bmcalpine@macconnect.com> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Installation problem Message-ID: <B8B3BEF1.AE15%bmcalpine@macconnect.com> In-Reply-To: <PJEDLKMCAOJCKEBNIJNOCEPKCBAA.jogegabsd@yahoo.com>
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It seems that the ethernet card I was using 3com509 wasn't in the list of supported cards in the installer (as far as I could tell). I swapped that card out with a newer card and it was detected during boot. Problem solved. Instead of trying to edit the config settings I just switched to a card that was more PNP. Brendan > From: "jogegabsd" <jogegabsd@yahoo.com> > Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 12:40:13 -0600 > To: "Brendan McAlpine" <bmcalpine@macconnect.com> > Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Subject: RE: Installation problem > > If you're refering to the first kernel configuration, during the > installation process(the one that has, network,scsi devices, etc I can't > remember), there is no need that your ethernet appears in that list. If you > pass that configuration and take a quick look at the kernel messages(the > bunch of lines that appear after that) you can see if your ethernet card is > detected or not. > Now I'm saying asuming this. > That you don't end the installation process because of that. > > Now if you reach the network configuration menu before you install FreeBSD > via ftp. well that's another story. > > We all in the list will apreciate if you could me more specific on your > problem. > what version of BSD are you running? > some info about your NIC > Specifically what part of the installation process do you get? > do you finish? > stuff like that, so we will be able to help you. > > HTH > > Gerardo > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Brendan McAlpine > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 11:05 AM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Installation problem > > > Hey all, > > I am reinstalling FreeBSD from floppy start up disks and a network install. > In the kernel configuration portion of the install, my already installed > ethernet card is not autodetected and isn’t in the list of cards..... > > How can I add it? > > > Brendan > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the messagehome | help
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