Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 18:42:41 +0300 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@apropo.ro> To: "Chris Visser" <chrisv@absol.co.za> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Arnet Sync 570 card under FreeBSD 5.1 Message-ID: <20031009184241.32f56b7a.itetcu@apropo.ro> In-Reply-To: <008c01c38e75$3297e8c0$5201a8c0@intranet.absol.co.za> References: <008c01c38e75$3297e8c0$5201a8c0@intranet.absol.co.za>
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On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 16:54:09 +0200 "Chris Visser" <chrisv@absol.co.za> wrote: > Hi, Hi, 1. this should go on questions@... > I'm trying to configure the card under FreeBSD 5.1 and assume I'll > have to recompile my kernel for support, but none of the > explanations I find on the net seem to work. 2. Look again. > I've tried going into /sys/compile to edit kernel and recompile but > I am unable to go in there even as root. # ls -l /sys/ | grep compile returns nothing so it's no wander. You will want to edit in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/your_kernel_name and add "OPTION ar" to your kernel. > I've tried going to the boot prompt and tying boot -c as suggested > but my system just continues to boot. > > Am I going about this the wrong way? Do I need to do something else > to get the card working? > > I've used Slackware Linux for a couple of year (Since Kernel 1.0.18) > and this is my first excursion into FreeBSD. Then read the handbook. Esp. ch. 9 /usr/share/doc/handbook/kernelconfig.html -- IOnut FreeBSD unregistered ;) user
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