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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!iafrica.com!pipex-sa.net!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!weld.news.pipex.net!pipex!hole.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.be.innet.net!INbe.net!news.nl.innet.net!INnl.net!hunter.premier.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news1.erols.com!newsmaster@erols. com From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: HELP! install rejects ethernet card in _final_stages_ Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 19:27:21 -0700 Organization: Erols Internet Services Lines: 16 Message-ID: <31CA0889.6E8E@www.play-hookey.com> References: <1996Jun18.181022.81879@cc.usu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win16; I) DR TE$TH & THE ELECTRIC MAYHEM wrote: > > I am trying to install FreeBSD, and while the boot configuration recognises my > ethernet card, and I can do an installation from ftp, when I finally boot the > machine, it just doesn't want to recognise the card. It won't talk to the > local net of unix boxes. Anyone have any ideas? > Did you re-run the -c option at the boot: prompt after installation? Those settings are *not* copied to the installed kernel, and must be restated at the first bootup. Once you have all appropriate devices either reconfigured or made inactive, the new settings will be remembered. I hope this helps! Ken