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From: tporczyk@best.com (Tony Porczyk)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: "device not configured" & other issues
Date: 16 Nov 1996 20:56:00 -0800
Organization: BEST Internet Communications
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I've scanned through the articles and also through the FreeBSD handbook
and the FAQs, but haven't found the answer to the question below. I am
in the proces of evaluating a few UNIX platforms for a specifc
commercial use, and FreeBSD seems to fit the bill nicely. However,
after completing the installation (2.1.5, SCSI everything, P166), I can
no longer access the CD-ROM (message says "device scd0 not configured"),
nor can I use tcpdump ("device bpf0 not configured"). Does this mean I
need to recompile the kernel to include support for those devices? If
so, how come the installation was able to see the CD-ROM? Did it
install a different kernel? Networking and network diagnostic tools are
of the greatest importance to my client ("productivity apps" are of no
concern), and their ready availability for FreeBSD make it very
attractive. However, since the systems might be used by non-priviledged
users, I need to set up a reference platform that would need to be
mass replicated. Any recommendations on the most efficient method of
accomplishing it (tape drives, unfortunately, will not be apart of the
hardware setup)?
I will appreciate all pointers. I have used FreeBSD in the past, but my
recent life have revolved around Solaris. It's a wonderful but somewhat
puzzling adventure now to seriously use FreeBSD again.
One more bit. During the installation, out of the 25 or so packages
chosen, a few produced an error message "cannot fetch package ...".
Does it mean some of the packages are not included on the CD, or was it
a retrieval error?
Thanks,
Tony
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