From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 25 12:03:06 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA04988 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 25 Nov 1996 12:03:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA04981 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 1996 12:03:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.3/8.6.12) with SMTP id MAA01335; Mon, 25 Nov 1996 12:02:34 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 12:02:34 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Peter Mutsaers cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Laptops. Is something missing? In-Reply-To: <87iv6xt5ce.fsf@plm.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On 23 Nov 1996, Peter Mutsaers wrote: > My problem is that I have a laptop without CDROM; I have to install > FreeBSD using the pcmcia ethernet card. > > Alas the PAO floppy doesn't really work. My Megahertz ethernet card is > recognized, I can ifconfig it. But when I try to access the network > (ping or whatever) nothing appears on the net. The laptop thinks it is > sending to the ethernet correctly, but when I look from another > computer with tcpdump I see no activity at all. Please be more specific as to what you did to install. Or is this from the actual floppy? BE AWARE THAT YOU MUST RUN /stand/PAO/PAOsetup TO SET UP THE PCCARD SUPPORT. This will patch and rebuild your kernel for PCCARD. This was on the web site I believe. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major