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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Looking for ed0 in all the wrong places Date: 3 Oct 1993 17:40:46 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman MT Lines: 30 Message-ID: <28n2qu$e76@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <CE8JBp.F7t@du.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <CE8JBp.F7t@du.edu>, Edward Chadez <echadez@solaris.carl.org> wrote: >I've installed FreeBSD on my 486 successfully. However, device ed0 >(refered to in the short README file and the longer INSTALL NOTES) does >not exist. I've configured my ethernet card according to what the install >notes say to do (ie, IRQ 5, Port 0x280). My card is a 3COM 3503 card. >After the install, device /dev/ed0 (nor the /dev/we0, or /dev/ne0) did >not exist. I haven't read the FAQ in depth, but I've looked for this >question (obviously without any luck). The ethernet driver is not an externally accessible device, so therefore you will not have a device entry in /dev. You need to configure it in /etc/netstart. It should be documented in the release notes or the FAQ somewhere. >(I only have the binaries, not the source. Would I need to recompile the >kernel for FreeBSD to see the card?) Not if the hardware configuration matches the configuration in the release notes, and you don't have any IRQ conflicts. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | Freely available *nix clones benefit everyone, nate@cs.montana.edu | so let's not compete with each other, let's work #: (406) 994-4836 | compete with folks who try to tie us down to home #: (406) 586-0579 | proprietary O.S.'s (Microsloth) - Me