Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 10:59:09 -0500 (CDT) From: Lute Mullenix <lute@cableone.net> To: Yorgos Christoforou <y.christoforou@chello.nl> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: problem with ftp Message-ID: <20020511104402.W79351-100000@agnes> In-Reply-To: <00c201c1f8e3$4de80340$1757fea9@arnhem.chello.nl>
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on May 11, Yorgos Christoforou pondered: > hi, > > I've got a problem in downloading freebsd through internet. > Although my pentium starts the installation normally > detects the ethernet adapter, it cannot recognize the > or configure the DHCP servers (blocks while detecting) > and it seems to me that the network configuration card > that appears then is pointless, since even if i fill all my > network settings of my cable provider, it ends with an error > for not resolving the ftp.freeebsd.org address. > > Has anybody had the same problem ? > > thanks for helping > > Don't know if this is going to be of any help, but I installed 4.5 RELEASE completely from the Internet, downloaded the floppy images, and made the install floppies, let DHCP set up the connection and did the install. This is on an IBM NetVista with a LinkSys NIC (PCI), it all went very smoothly. However I have an older IBM PC 750 with an ISA 3Com NIC in it, and it seems to be doing the same thing that you are talking about. It just won't make connection, even if I enter the information by hand. I had two of these cards, and neither one seems to work. And yes, FBSD finds the card on boot up. I must confess that since I had the newer machine up and running, I didn't pursue the problem with the older one, though at some point I hope to have it up and running with FBSD too. Lute Triple Boot: FreeBSD 4.5 Release Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 Windows ME (Hey, it came with the system) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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