From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 24 21:27:10 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA15991 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 24 Aug 1997 21:27:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA15974 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 1997 21:27:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA03966; Sun, 24 Aug 1997 20:51:52 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 20:51:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Stefan Reelsen cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems installing FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <33F77E1E.E2061C8@rhwd.owl.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from QUOTED-PRINTABLE to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id VAA15975 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 18 Aug 1997, Stefan Reelsen wrote: > Hi, > > Iīve problems installing FreeBSD with the bootdisk from your server. He > said that he couldnīt find the DNS-server, but the server is running and > there is no firewall (Iīm connected via leased line). I think itīs a > problem with the network controller (NE2000 compatible; ISA) because the > computer doesnīt respond to any send ping. But when I use the FreeRTR > based on FreeBSD with the same network controller there are no problems. > Iīm absolutly new to FreeBSD, Iīve only experiences with linux. You should check that the ed0 device was found during the inital device probe. You can press scroll lock at the main menu and use up arrow to see if it was found. If not, then make sure you're giving the proper settings in the device setup. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo