From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 1 22: 8:45 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 224C337B401 for ; Wed, 1 Aug 2001 22:08:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f7258d872737; Wed, 1 Aug 2001 22:08:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Matt Wolanski" , Subject: RE: FreeBSD, VirtualPC and ethernet. Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 22:08:38 -0700 Message-ID: <002101c11b11$30bbe9e0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Intel bought this chip from DEC and mucked with it, there have been reports on the list that the later Intel chips are flaky. You might try adding on to PR 7767. Most people with problems seem to have just rounded up a NE2000 compatible card and replaced these cards with it. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Matt Wolanski >Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 8:41 AM >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: FreeBSD, VirtualPC and ethernet. > > >I have installed FreeBSD 4.2 under VirtualPC 4.02 on Mac OS 9.1. >Everything in the install went very smoothly except configuration of the >ethernet device. The installer does not auto-detect the ethernet connection. >Under Windows 2000, VirtualPC shows the ethernet device as Intel 21041 PCI. >The closest thing to this I can find on the supported devices list is a >DEC21041. I would use this one except that on the installation screen where >such options are selected the DEC does not seem to be there or I am not >expanding the list properly somehow. > >If anyone has info on how to get FreeBSD under VirtualPC to recognize the >ethernet device I would appreciate it. > >I hadn't seen any indication that the supported devices list is much >different under 4.3, but perhaps I wasn't looking in the correct area. >-- >Matt Wolanski > > >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