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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:9657 comp.os.386bsd.misc:2240 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!zip.eecs.umich.edu!umn.edu!mr.net!news.cord.edu!cobber.cord.edu!not-for-mail From: grant@cobber.cord.edu (Chris Grant) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD Install and NE2000 Date: 5 Apr 1994 04:32:32 -0500 Organization: Concordia College, Moorhead Minnesota Lines: 51 Sender: grant@eyeara.cord.edu Distribution: na Message-ID: <2nrb7g$doj@cobber.cord.edu> References: <2mtpis$bmp@clarknet.clark.net> <a09878.765153302@giant> <2nfvfe$54c@cobber.cord.edu> <2npbll$t58@menudo.uh.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cobber.cord.edu Summary: defending myself and statements Keywords: ne2000 ethernet on unix "cosc19v2@menudo.uh.edu (cosc19v2)" said the > marked stuff and I said the >> marked stuff: > I do have a problem. My NE2000 clone doesn't have the address 280 and > The kernel even cannot recognize the card. ed1 is the device for the ne2000 set of cards, and it defaults to address 300 and irq 5, so yeah, it is built into the generic kernel. > Of course, it's not the ne2000. It is the FreeBSD's problem. The ne2000 is not capable of doing address 280. Therefore, it isn't either the board or the os that is causing the problem, it is both, and your configuration. >>FreeBSD has excellent support for ethernet and networking in general. >NOT !!! Of course you have to have a general knowledge of hardware and thus, know what you are doing on that end before you try installing it all. >>FreeBSD, XFree2.1 - Free workstations for all! >NOT !!! It is only for a VERY SMALL group of some people who happen to >have expensive and compatible (with BSD) hardware. >Linux IS is for ALL !!! Thanks for giving me my opinion. Just cause you had problems doesn't mean everyone should switch to your way of thinking and doing things on choices of operating systems. FreeBSD is a free operating system for people who want to experience the internals of a unix operating system, as is linux. If you don't like it, find something you do like, and don't complain on the net about how you have gone through so much trouble to get this operating system to install and it won't work. The FreeBSD core team has gone through many more hours than you in creating this BSD compatible system for eduacational purposes. I for one appreciate their effort and am learning more than I could have through just using my schools unix box. So, maybe you need to read more documentation on the subject and not expect some nice friendly system to set you up. You may have to figure some things out on your own. --Chris a NCR 486dx2/66 running FreeBSD-1.1-BETA and Xwindows 2.0 on 4 megs of ram and 2 230meg IDE drives - my personal workstation -- Christopher K. Grant | Oh Spot, the complex levels of behaviour you display Concordia College | connote a fairly well developed cognitive array.-Data --- Northern Lights Cooperative Automation Project - WMMRCC ---