Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 16:27:47 -0500 (CDT) From: "Andras Kende" <andras@kende.com> To: "Tom Lord" <lord@emf.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help w/ Dell PowerEdge sc420 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>
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> > 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
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