From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Sep 17 12:57: 9 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from dt014nb6.san.rr.com (dt014nb6.san.rr.com [24.30.129.182]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98B1B154E1 for ; Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:57:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Doug@gorean.org) Received: from localhost (doug@localhost) by dt014nb6.san.rr.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA36161 for ; Fri, 17 Sep 1999 13:46:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Doug@gorean.org) Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 13:46:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug X-Sender: doug@dt014nb6.san.rr.com To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: /dev entries for NIC's Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In a previous post I mentioned that the lack of a device entry in /dev for an ethernet card might be a symptom of trouble. Someone was kind enough to mention to me off list that not only is it not a sign of trouble, but NIC's (Network Interface Cards) never have /dev entries. :) My apologies for any confusion caused. Doug -- "My mama told me, my mama said, 'don't cry.' She said, 'you're too young a man to have as many women you got.' I looked at my mother dear and didn't even crack a smile. I said, 'If women kill me, I don't mind dyin!'" - John Belushi as "Joliet" Jake Blues, "I Don't Know" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message