From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 29 21:27:40 2005 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 F414F16A4CE for ; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 21:27:39 +0000 (GMT) Received: from kende.com (ns1.kende.com [66.17.131.94]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 54AAA43D31 for ; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 21:27:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from andras@kende.com) Received: (qmail 57993 invoked by uid 0); 29 Apr 2005 21:27:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO www.kende.com) (127.0.0.1) by ns1.kende.com with SMTP; 29 Apr 2005 21:27:47 -0000 Received: from adsl-67-127-243-170.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net ([67.127.243.170]) (SquirrelMail authenticated user postmaster@kende.com); by www.kende.com with HTTP; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 16:27:47 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <2298.67.127.243.170.1114810067.squirrel@67.127.243.170> In-Reply-To: <200504291833.LAA26255@emf.net> References: <200504291833.LAA26255@emf.net> Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 16:27:47 -0500 (CDT) From: "Andras Kende" To: "Tom Lord" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a X-Mailer: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help w/ Dell PowerEdge sc420 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: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 21:27:40 -0000 > > I'm trying to bring FreeBSD up on a Dell PowerEdge sc420. > > The machine has a built-in (on the motherboard) Ethernet engine > described as "Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adaptor". The > BIOS screens accessible during booting don't provide much by > way of additional useful information, afaict. > > I am bringing up a slightly old FreeBSD -- 5.2 -- with hopes of > getting ethernet support up, plugging into a DSL line, and upgrading > over the net. > > Alas, 5.2 does not seem to detect the Ethernet engine. There is no > "/dev/bge", for example. Thus, I can't even get to the "upgrade" > step short of busting out an old modem :-) > > Help? I'm unfamiliar with: > > (i) how FreeBSD autodetects this kind of hardware > (ii) how to brute-force install a driver by hand and try to help > it find this hardware > > I am competent to rebuild the kernel if there is some config file > I ought to tweak although it's been a few years since I've done so -- > so hints about that process, if necessary, would be appreciated. > > Alternatively (but less desirably): if I scrape up my pennies and buy > a more recent distro will I have better results? > > Thanks, > -t > > p.s.: the *next* problem is about configuring X11 for: > > (a) The "Intel Copper River Graphics Controller" on this board. > The X configurators on the 5.2 disk crash and burn here. > I've been assuming that this *might* be easier to solve > after successfully upgrading. > > (b) I've never had much luck getting `moused' to understand > my Kensington ExpertMouse trackball as a four-button > device. On this new box, the situation is at this stage > slightly worse --- it seems not to grok this device at all. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Download Freebsd 5.3 latest its available for free... sc420 ethernet work perfectly on it... Andras Kende http://www.kende.com