Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:04:45 +0200 From: Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen@ose.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem Installing freeBSD 8.1 on Dell Poweredge T110 Message-ID: <4CBD34FD.20301@ose.nl> In-Reply-To: <201010190108.o9J18lve013548@mail.r-bonomi.com> References: <201010190108.o9J18lve013548@mail.r-bonomi.com>
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On 10/19/2010 03=3A08 AM=2C Robert Bonomi wrote=3A =3E=3E From owner-freebsd-questions=40freebsd=2Eorg Mon Oct 18 06=3A47=3A1= 2 2010 =3E=3E Date=3A Thu=2C 14 Oct 2010 09=3A55=3A41 -0500 =3E=3E From=3A Mike Overton =3Cmikeo=2Eveterantutors=40gmail=2Ecom=3E =3E=3E To=3A freebsd-questions=40freebsd=2Eorg =3E=3E Cc=3A Richard Ehrlich =3Cricharde=2Eveterantutors=40gmail=2Ecom=3E= =3E=3E Subject=3A Problem Installing freeBSD 8=2E1 on Dell Poweredge T110= =3E=3E =3E=3E =28New Dell Poweredge T110=2C X3430 Xeon=2C 4GB 1333MHz =29=2E Mac= hine replaces=20 =3E=3E operating freeBSD 8=2E1 Dell 686 machine with active Internet connec= tion=2E =3E=3E =3E=3E When trying to load freeBSD 8=2E1 from a boot only i386 ISO disc=2C= which=20 =3E=3E installed with no problems on Dell 686 Pentium machine=2C new machin= e is=20 =3E=3E not accepting network configuration loaded via Sysinstall and cannot= =20 =3E=3E find freeBSD download site=2E =3E=3E =20 =3E =27Details are *IMPORTANT*=2E =3E =20 Indeed it would be nice if provided more details! =3E You didn=27t provide any -- and=2C unfortunately=2C my crystal ball is= on the=20 =3E fritz this week=2E =3E =3E =3EFrom what you did describe=2C this could be a DNS problem=2C a drive= r/hardware =3E mismatch=2C unsupported hardware=2C defective hardware=2C or even an un= plugged=20 =3E cable=2E =3E =3E Information only =5Fyou=5F can provide=3A =3E 1=29 =5Fexactly=5F what kind of network card is in your T110 =3F =3E =20 We have a T110 here and it has the Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5722 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express I see in the kernconf of 8=2E1 device bce =23 Broadcom BCM5706/BCM5708 Gigabit Etherne= t device bfe =23 Broadcom BCM440x 10/100 Ethernet device bge =23 Broadcom BCM570xx Gigabit Ethernet So it should be supported by the bge driver which is enabled in the GENERIC kernel See http=3A//www=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/cgi/man=2Ecgi=3Fquery=3Dbge=26sektion=3D4=26ma= npath=3DFreeBSD+8=2E1-RELEASE =3Chttp=3A//www=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/cgi/man=2Ecgi=3Fquery=3Dbge=26sektion=3D4= =26manpath=3DFreeBSD+8=2E1-RELEASE=3E =3E 2=29 exactly *what* does the boot message say about what kind of netw= ork =3E interfaces=2C if any=2C were found=3F =3E 3=29 what does =22not accepting=22 mean=3F =3E 4=29 what does =27ifconfig -a=27 show=3F =3E 5=29 what does =27netstat -nr=27 show=3F =3E 6=29 can you =27ping=27 anywhere=3F say 129=2E105=2E5=2E104=3F =3E 7=29 what does =27traceroute -n =7Banywhere=7D =27 show=3F =3E =20 DISCLAIMER=3A This e-mail is for the intended recipient=28s=29 only=2E Acce= ss=2C disclosure=2C copying=2C distribution or reliance on any of it by anyone else is prohibited=2E If yo= u have received it by mistake please let us know by reply and then delete it from your system= =2E
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