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From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: HELP! install rejects ethernet card in _final_stages_
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 19:27:21 -0700
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DR TE$TH & THE ELECTRIC MAYHEM wrote:
> 
> I am trying to install FreeBSD, and while the boot configuration recognises my
> ethernet card, and I can do an installation from ftp, when I finally boot the
> machine, it just doesn't want to recognise the card.  It won't talk to the
> local net of unix boxes.  Anyone have any ideas?
> 

Did you re-run the -c option at the boot: prompt after installation? Those 
settings are *not* copied to the installed kernel, and must be restated at the 
first bootup. Once you have all appropriate devices either reconfigured or made 
inactive, the new settings will be remembered.

I hope this helps!

Ken