Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2004 21:51:47 -0500 From: Gerard Samuel <fbsd-questions@trini0.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsdquestions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 and ed0 Message-ID: <418D8DC3.9060308@trini0.org> In-Reply-To: <20041107024320.GB66864@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <418D8887.1020105@trini0.org> <20041107024320.GB66864@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: >On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 09:29:27PM -0500, Gerard Samuel wrote: > > >>Im trying to move from FreeBSD 4.10 to 5.3. >>When I used to install 3.x/4.x on this box, I would configure >>the network card during the install process. >>According to the manual, the device config part of the install, >>was taken out, but the network card doesnt get identified by FreeBSD 5.3. >>I tried selecting #6 during the install boot menu, >>and entered -> >>boot -c >>in the hopes to get the device config screen, but I didn't get that. >>Is it possible to get that pre FBSD 5.x device config screen, >>or is there some way to configure that network card during the install >>process?? >> >> > >I believe you can set a hint variable from the loader prompt. The >defaults are: > >hint.ed.0.at="isa" >hint.ed.0.disabled="1" >hint.ed.0.port="0x280" >hint.ed.0.irq="10" >hint.ed.0.maddr="0xd8000" > >Kris > > I'll give this a shot. Thanks
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