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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!quack!mrapple From: mrapple@quack.kfu.com (Nick Sayer) Subject: A large number of newbie questions Message-ID: <f0nca0L@quack.kfu.com> Organization: The Duck Pond public unix: +1 408 249 9630, log in as 'guest'. Date: 10 Mar 1993 16:48:01 UTC Lines: 43 After much hassle, I and a friend managed to get 386bsd installed last night. We ran into one major problem. Allow me to explain: The PC in question had a SCSI disk, two serial and one parallel on a board, and an Elite 16 network card. We used EZSETUP off the Elite 16 disk to set the card up the way the system wanted: 280, IRQ 2, 0D0000H. When we booted, we were informed that indeed, we0 existed and seemed happy (IRQ was 9, but the docs said to expect this). When we ifconfig'd we0, it sent one packet, then never transmitted again. If we down'ed and up'ed the interface, it would once again send a single packet. Then nothing. After much hair pulling, we managed to complete the task by using floppies to transfer bin01.?? and complete the extract. But why didn't the network card work? If we attempted to move the card back to the setup required for DOS (it conflicts with something at the settings called for under unix), then unix doesn't notice the card's existence. If we put it in the right place, then it conflicts. So why didn't they configure the miniroot kernel to expect the network board somewhere more sensible? At this point, we've got the bin01 distribution extracted properly. Do we have enough in place to make a new kernel (/386bsd, I presume) with the network card in the right place? I think if we did that it would work correctly. Other newbie questions: We tried the man pages, but no luck: If you add an entry to /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd, how do you update /etc/*.db so that the new passwd entry works? My friend is really doing this, but I'm watching to see how successful he is. His experiments are leading me towards trying this out. But I have a Sun already and nice huge SCSI chain. I am therefore inclined to run the system diskless. Is this possible? How would 386bsd boot diskless? What sort of boot ROM do I need to get? -- Nick Sayer <mrapple@quack.kfu.com> | N6QQQ @ N0ARY.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NOAM | "It's discipline that begets love!" +1 408 249 9630, log in as 'guest' | PGP 2.1 public key via finger | -- George Liquor