Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 08:48:20 -0400 From: David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca> To: Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bootstrapping network (bcm) on Dell D800 Message-ID: <16176.63764.221018.47299@canoe.velocet.net> In-Reply-To: <20030805154926.B88927@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> References: <20030805194530.GC5181@slytherin.ds.psu.edu> <20030805154926.B88927@alpha.siliconlandmark.com>
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>>>>> "Andre" == Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com> writes: Andre> On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Dr. Richard E. Hawkins wrote: >> If I'm reading the recent messages correctly, the bcm driver won't >> work unless updated to approximately July 17. >> >> I burned 5.1 iso's, and installed most of it successfully. How do >> I bootstrap the network. I saw Bill Paul's references to testing a >> patch prior to committing it. Is this something I can apply singly >> to the source that comes on the ISO (and if so, just where do I >> grab it?), and then build a kernel, reboot, and update the rest of >> the source? Andre> Does this new toy have a 32-bit pci slot available? If so, pop Andre> in a nic (temporarily), cvsup and/or grab the needed patches Andre> and rebuild away! It has a mini-pci slot. You'd have a hard time getting an ethernet card in there. Having just had a look at the patch, it's a little large to be typing in by hand. Here's the options I see for you: 1) the D800 has a serial port (rare on today's laptops). Hook up a modem or a null serial cable and network thusly to cvsup. 2) the D800 has a pccard slot. Find someone with a wireless or ethernet card. 3) the D800 has usb2 and firewire... both of which can have ethernet 4) if you remove your hard drive, you can cheaply get a dodad that will convert the mini ide connector to a regular one. 5) burn a CD or a DVD on another machine with the new src tree. Dave. -- ============================================================================ |David Gilbert, Independent Contractor. | Two things can only be | |Mail: dave@daveg.ca | equal if and only if they | |http://daveg.ca | are precisely opposite. | =========================================================GLO================
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