On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 06:58:38AM +1030, Matthew Smith wrote: > >>I assume that there's a kernel module not loaded, so after looking > >>further through the documentation, I found that I should be able to put > >>a line in /boot/defaults/loader.conf. Since the installation so far was > >>actually bootable (that's one up on Linux!), I did this. All this did > >>for me was to generate a warning that the module was already loaded. > > > > Then try to use the "something weird" as the ethernet device. > > Thanks for that Roland - I've had another look, but the "something > weird" is PLIP, which I believe to be some parallel port communication > system.
Yes, that's IP over a parallel port. > So, my real question remains: how does one get a network card > recognised? You don't have to. The GENERIC kernel comes with all network card drivers built as modules. If FreeBSD has a driver for your network chip/card, it should show up. If it doesn't, make sure that it's not disabled in the BIOS and that the cable is actually connected to the hub/router. If none of that works, try to give us some details about the chip/card. Make and model if possible. I've never done a network install, but look at section 2.2.4 of the Handbook. It describes what info you need to have on-hand for a network install. If you don't want to type all these numbers in, configure a machine on the network that you are connecting to as a DHCP server. Of course, you must also have an FTP server available if you want to do an FTP install. Roland -- R.F.Smith (http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/) Please send e-mail as plain text. public key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt
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