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#! rnews 1325 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.bhp.com.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!news.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!chi-news.cic.net!saluki-news.wham.siu.edu!slip106.termserv.siu.edu From: jimd@slip106.termserv.siu.edu (Jim Dutton) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Attach IX0 -> address: 0:...:0 ? Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 23:45:28 CST Organization: Southern Illinois University Lines: 13 Sender: NNTP@slip106.termserv.siu.edu Message-ID: <22221295.452cc@slip106.termserv.siu.edu> Reply-To: jimd@slip106.termserv.siu.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: slip106.termserv.siu.edu Comment: AmigaNOS v2.9p In-Reply-To: <4gj0i4$rf@uriah.heep.sax.de> (from j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)) (at 23 Feb 1996 00:08:36 GMT) X-Mailer: //\\miga Electronic Mail (AmiElm 6.24) Hi J, on Feb 23 you wrote: > > When attaching a NIC via boot -c, shouldn't the ATTACH command return the > > E-net/MAC address for the card ? > > Why? What do you need it for? > > The `attach' command in UserConfig was an error in the first place, > and has been dropped now. Under v2.0.5, if I DON'T attach IX0, then the installation program NEVER SEES the Intel EtherExpress card, EVEN if I disable MCD0 and MCD1.