Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 17:08:24 +0100 From: John Murphy <jfm@blueyonder.co.uk> To: Barry Kirchgessner <barrykk@home.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie can't get past "boot:" prompt on new machine Message-ID: <jl82htcdk3lia4a468tr03c6deukkoa05d@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <3B101AFD.F3671AA1@home.com> References: <3B101AFD.F3671AA1@home.com>
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Barry Kirchgessner <barrykk@home.com> wrote: >I have received a reply that points out that the NIC I'm using, the >DFE-530TX+, is not currently supported. It is listed as supported on the >OpenBSD compatibility list, as is my SCSI card and Promise Ultra100 >controller. So I will give that OS a shot; though, while I'm waiting for >their CD I'll try to install Linux on this machine, as I have to get >some housekeeping done -- the machine I'm using to write this is failing >and I want to get its data onto the new machine ASAP. I found the following in LINT for FreeBSD 4.3: # The 'rl' device provides support for PCI fast ethernet adapters based # on the RealTek 8129/8139 chipset. Note that the RealTek driver defaults # to using programmed I/O to do register accesses because memory mapped # mode seems to cause severe lockups on SMP hardware. This driver also # supports the Accton EN1207D `Cheetah' adapter, which uses a chip called # the MPX 5030/5038, which is either a RealTek in disguise or a RealTek # workalike. Note that the D-Link DFE-530TX+ uses the RealTek chipset # and is supported by this driver, not the 'vr' driver. man(4) rl Or if you don't have it running you can view man pages on line at: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=3DFreeBSD+4.3-RELEASE HTH John. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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