From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 28 12:14:26 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from oak.iea-software.com (oak.iea-software.com [207.53.165.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 068F114CCA for ; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 12:14:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from shawn@bsdguy.com) Received: from sycamore (unverified [207.53.165.36]) by oak.iea-software.com (Rockliffe SMTPRA 3.3.0) with SMTP id ; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 12:05:40 -0700 Message-ID: <018701bec199$faa77c70$24a535cf@ieasoftware.com> From: "Shawn Workman" To: , Cc: "Bob Van Valzah" References: <000401bec19a$7462a9e0$826410ac@jeffvc.intermind.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Kernel question Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 12:11:09 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I had this problem with a different card. I had to setup a modem and install the software via dialup and then customize my kernel. You could ask someone to create a custom kernel and email it to you but I do not know how you would integrate this into the boot.flp and mfsroot.flp for install ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Van Cleave To: Cc: Bob Van Valzah Sent: Monday, June 28, 1999 12:14 PM Subject: FreeBSD Kernel question > Hello, > > I am trying to install FreeBSD version 3.2 > on a Dell system that has a PCI 3COM 3C905C > ethernet card installed. > > The problem is that the kernel does not see > this card (I got the kern.flp and mfsroot.flp > files from: > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/3.2-RELEASE/floppies/ > > My question is, how can you customize the kernel > on installation to handle hardware - specifically > because while you can modify the IRQ and Port, > you cannot (from what I can tell) modify the > device (in this case it needs to be x10). > > What happens is when I go to install the system > does not see the network card and I cannot load > the software from ftp.freebsd.org > > Any help appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Jeff > > ******************************************* > Jeff Van Cleave Intermind > jeffvc@intermind.com > (206)956-9911 (Direct) > (206)812-6000 x911 (Company) > (206)812-6001 (fax) > Practice random acts of intelligence and > senseless acts of self-control. > ******************************************* > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message