Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 19:38:28 +0000 From: pizzaman@mail.on.rogers.wave.ca To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installing Free BDS with the WAVE Message-ID: <98Jan13.194332-0500_est.325984-15743%2B1000@mail.on.rogers.wave.ca> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980112222602.22079X-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> References: <34B6CA45.477D@rogers.wave.ca>
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Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 22:28:29 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> Reply-to: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Brent Johnson <pizzaman@mail.on.rogers.wave.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installing Free BDS with the WAVE On Sat, 10 Jan 1998, Brent Johnson wrote: > Okay so I decided to ditch Linux because I can't figure out how to > install my SMC8416 etrhernet card which is connected to the cable modem. > So I try FreeBDS and decided that, since it supposedly supports that > card, I'd try and use the internet install method and guess what??? > No joy. Eh? Check the boot probes; it should respond as ed0 (or de0 -- is it a PCI or ISA card?). If it's not found and it's an ISA card, type `-c' at the boot: prompt and make sure the settings match those set on the card. It does not find ed0 at all. It says that there is no device (or something to that effect ). I used the install program that my card came with to check out it's IRQ and IO addresses. Io is 240 and the IRG is 11. The program tells me (well actually it shows me since my computer does not talk :^) ) that it is a 8416T 10Base-T i/o base 240 IRQ 11 node address 00-E0-29-03-21-27 (whatever that is). I had configured the kernel and put in the values that I was given but ...as I said before Still no joy. Oh yea, it is an Isa card. When the Guy from Rogers Wave came over to do the install he said he couldn't get the PCI card to work since I had an older Pentium PCI model and the plug and play didn't work the way it should.He replaced it with a ISA 16 bit card. Of course he also claimed the system didn't work and he would have to get someone to check it out the next day. (I was using the internet ten minutes after he left, It worked fine). I have reinstalled the card on two occassions under windows 95 with noproblem. So I do know how to set the parameters in TCPIP. (I do not mean to sound snotty when I say this, I just mnetion it so you will get the idea that I sorta know what I am doing) Before you can get anywhere, we need to find the card. Once that's found, then we can go on to configuring the system to talk to your network. I would love to be able to find the card. Truth to tell I don't care which Unix clone I use as long as I can get one of them to work. I've about had it with Linux at this point. The only reason I want a Unix clone is to use the internet. Once I can get the family using it then I plan on chucking Windows forever. If you're having trouble, please post the output of the `dmesg' command and the current IRQ & port settings of your Ethernet card as supplied by the setup program (or in a pinch Win95). I can not output dmesg because I haven't got a clue what you're talking about (Preview: you'll have to install the WIDE DHCP client from the CD or FTP site.) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major I do appreciate any help you can offer on this. My frustration level is about to reach the top here. thanks Brent
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