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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!hunter.premier.net!news1.erols.com!news From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 3c590 Drivers in FTP Install? Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 07:38:56 -0700 Organization: A poorly-installed InterNetNews site Lines: 25 Message-ID: <32075900.5B7D@www.play-hookey.com> References: <4u44la$osn@mars.efn.org> 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) Michelle Brownsworth wrote: > > I did an FTP install which doesn't recognize a 3c590 ethernet card. Is > FreeBSD expecting a different address and interupt, or is the driver > needed not included in the FTP distribution? > > \\ichelle I don't know if that driver is present in the installation floppy, but you definitely have to tell FreeBSD where to find the hardware. At the boot: prompt type -c and then at the CONFIG> prompt type v or visual. From the top of the menu list type x to show all devices that FreeBSD will look for. Go down the list and hit <delete> for all devices you don't have. Correct the port address and IRQ for whatever you do have, if necessary. You'll have to go through the same process when you boot the installed system the first time. -- Ken Are you interested in | byte-sized education | http://www.play-hookey.com over the Internet? |