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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Can't install via FTP...
Date: Tue, 07 May 1996 16:47:26 -0700
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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To: James L Fox <jlfox+@pitt.edu>

James L Fox wrote:
> Can we assume the boot software is recognizing the necessary
> hardware [like my ethernet card] when it doesn't complain?

Uh, no. :-)

There are still a few parameters, like the IO memory address, which can
be silently botched.  The failure mode is that the install just hangs as
it does for you.  I would check all my card parameters very carefully
with a `-c' boot and verify that it looks correct during the boot
sequence.
-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  President, FreeBSD Project