From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 10 16:30:57 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E9C637B401 for ; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 16:30:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pa-plum1b-166.pit.adelphia.net (pa-plum1b-122.pit.adelphia.net [24.53.161.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 844A643F85 for ; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 16:30:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from potentialtech.com (working [172.16.0.95]) h3ANUtJP014589; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 19:30:55 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Message-ID: <3E95FEAE.5040906@potentialtech.com> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 19:30:54 -0400 From: Bill Moran User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20030301 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: bert01 References: <001501c2ffa7$a31970d0$0100000a@bert> In-Reply-To: <001501c2ffa7$a31970d0$0100000a@bert> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: question about freebsd install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 23:30:57 -0000 [I'm sure I'm not the only one whow would appreciate it if you'd wrap your lines around 72 characters or so] bert01 wrote: > HEllo, > > I'm installing freebsd 5.0 from the boot discs... Everything goed fine, but my > network card 's driver is not attached, now I have a disc with my network card > and on that disc there's a map "freebsd" in that map There are 3 files: > IF_FET.C > if_fetreg.h > readme.txt > -> they are attached to this email > > Now how can I make my ethernet work so I can install freebsd with ftp? I don't think you can. These instructions assume that you already have FreeBSD installed and you're adding support for this driver after the install. There are a number of ways you could do it: 1) Install FreeBSD on another computer and use this disk to compile a custom kernel and make a custom boot disk. The steps involved in doing this are beyond the scope of this email and (unfortunately) I don't know of a howto on the Internet anywhere to point you to. 2) Download a FreeBSD iso image on another computer, burn a CD, install off it and then follow the instructions in the install.txt to get the network card working. 3) Purchase an "official" FreeBSD CD and follow the instructions in #2 4) Throw a different network card in the machine, install FreeBSD, then put the other network card back in, then follow the install instructions to get it working. Hope one of these methods works for you. > > Greetz Bert > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Installation: > > 1. copy the source codes if_fet.c and if_fetreg.h to /sys/pci directory, > > #cp if_fet.c /sys/pci > #cp if_fetreg.h /sys/pci > > 2. modify /sys/conf/files, add the following line > > pci/if_fet.c optional fet device-driver > > 3. modify /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC, add the following line > > device fet0 > > 4. compile the kernel, > > #cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf > #cp GENERIC MYKERNEL > #/usr/sbin/config MYKERNEL > #cd /usr/src/sys/compile/MYKERNEL > #make depend > #make > #make install > > 5. reboot the system, > > #reboot > > 6. bind your card to an IP address > > #ifconfig fet0 ${IPADDR} broadcast ${BROADCAST} netmask ${NETMASK} > > 7. now, you should be able to ping local network. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com