Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 14:36:31 -0400 From: manolo valdes <admin@atenas.cult.cu> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: pc boots freebsd no ethernet nics found Message-ID: <3BA7942F.ED125F95@atenas.cult.cu> References: <F128u3fQtYdVzDpubxc00000d80@hotmail.com> <3BA76E0B.2080009@i-clue.de>
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check your kernel configuration are you using the GENERIC kernel? the realtek 8139 is defined there but if you have compiled your own kernel maybe you removed the rl and miibus devices greetings manolito Christoph Sold wrote: > > Oscar Castaneda wrote: > > > hi, > > > > I asked a question before regarding 2 realtek pci nics (8139B & C) i > > had on a cyrix 586, 16MB RAM, 1.2 GB HDD. The general response was > > that maybe my rl chipset idīs werent recognized, I also got the > > suggestion of turning off plug-n-play in the BIOS, so i did but still > > no ethernet cards are displayed on configure-networking-interfaces > > while installing. > > > > So i tried a new nic, a 3com 3c905TX but freebsd still doesnt > > recognize this card. Nor did it recognize the realtek ones, (still). > > > > What could be wrong, i dont think im doing anything wrong > > i also get a hold of a verbose boot log (with -v boot) but i dont know > > how to view it (i know this would help).. > > after boot, have a look at /var/run/dmesg.boot. If possible, ask again, > including dmesg.boot, as well as the output of ifconfig -a and netstat -rn > > HTH > -Christoph Sold > > 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
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