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From: amir@pipeline.com (Amir Y. Rosenblatt)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: [FreeBSD] Problem doing network installation
Date: 29 Nov 1994 09:56:56 -0500
Organization: The Pipeline
Lines: 57
Sender: amir@pipeline.com
Message-ID: <3bfffo$bvv@pipe3.pipeline.com>
References: <3be66h$68h@pipe3.pipeline.com> <3bedp2$ruf@orion.cc.andrews.edu>
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In article <3bedp2$ruf@orion.cc.andrews.edu>,
Andrew Gillham <gillham@andrews.edu> wrote:
>In article <3be66h$68h@pipe3.pipeline.com> amir@pipeline.com (Amir Y. Rosenblatt) writes:
>>
>>it can't seem to find the network. Can't resolve domain names or IP
>>addresses. ifconfig -a gives me an error:
>>
>>ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCGFFLAGS): no such interface
>
># ifconfig ep0 x.x.x.x
># route add default x.x.x.y
>
>Most likely your media type is different than the default for the
>ep0 driver. Try running 3c5x9cfg and setting the correct media.
>You may need to plug in the default port, i.e. use AUI instead of UTP.
>I'm not sure what the default for FreeBSD's 3c5x9 driver is. On
>NetBSD you can use a "link" option on the ifconfig line, but I'm not
>sure about FreeBSD.
Hmmm...the system messages at bootup showed it seeing the media setting
as being UTP (which is what it is--I had set it on the card with the
3c5x9.cfg program when I installed it).
>>since this is my work machine it has to have a working net connection
>>from the start or else I can;t use it at all and will have to switch back
>>to Linux again (Linux-users--don't comment please). Anyone know what the
>
>I'm not picking on you, as I see this often, but this is really a flamebait
>comment. It comes across as a threat... "Make my machine work, or I'll
>use Linux". In my opinion, many people would respond to this with a
>comment along the lines of "Then use Linux and STFU." The "Or Else"
>type comment rubs everybody the wrong way.
Sorry--what I meant by this was that it gets very time consuming having
to continually reinstall the OS on the machine when something doesn't
work out because I need the machine to be up and running during the day.
>If you feel like you just have to mention that Linux runs correctly
>on your hardware, but XXX OS doesn't, say something like this:
>"I know the hardware is working, as DOS, Netware, and Linux all work"
Heh. OK--well, the hardware works fine with Chameleon under Windows and
worked right off the bat when I installed Linux.
Ack--gets closer every time I try installing but still no dice. Any help
would be greatly appreciated.
>And yeah, I probably should drink less Mt. Dew...
Shouldn't we all 8-)
-Amir
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