Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 17:08:35 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Wadlow <wadlow@pilot.net> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ethernet options on 2.2-GAMMA Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.95P.970225111142.4971C-100000@dc3.pilot.net> In-Reply-To: <199702250500.WAA20167@rocky.mt.sri.com>
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> The other possibility is that the card is a 3C589D, which appears to be > different enough so it's not supported with the zp0 driver. Yup, that's it. A 3C589D. Bummer. I've tried the PAO package, and that helped somewhat. I'm able to install with a Megahertz card from another Laptop, (which wasn't documented in www.freebsd.org, which is why I bought the 3C589, which was) but still can't get my 3C589D to work. That at least gets me to the point where I can play with the cards and see what can be done. I'll let you know how it comes out. While I'm here, some comments on the install process, FWIW: - Generally quite good. Once you get a net connection the overall install is quite painless. - Since the installation package asks for the name of your machine, it should at least offer to put it in /etc/sysconfig rather than assuming you'll figure it out later. - Using sysinstall to install packages: * The index of packages doesn't seem related to the packages that are installable. Under 2.2-GAMMA you get a nice big long list, but many of them aren't installable. If you set your release to 2.1.7-RELEASE you get a very similar (but not identical) list that is installable. * When a package is not installable, the sysinstall tool sometimes likes to hang forever. * When it is installing a big package, it sometimes appears to hang, but is just slow. A "heartbeat" or completion bargraph would be nice here too. * It'd be nice if you could ask a package "What are you dependent on?" rather than having to install it just to see. --Tom
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