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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!irz401!orion.sax.de!uriah.heep!news From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Installation of FreeBSD 2.1.5 Date: 1 Jun 1997 10:16:59 GMT Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden Lines: 47 Message-ID: <5mri6r$40h@uriah.heep.sax.de> References: <338C50A4.2A6E@ubs.ch> Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.heep.sax.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.6 X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42000 Georg Wagner <Georg.Wagner@ubs.ch> wrote: > Q: I have got the version 2.1.5 with the book from Walnut Creek. Should I > upgrade that version to a newer one (which one) before running through > the complete kernel configuration? A: It depends. The newer releases not only have security fixes, but the 2.2 line also provides a bunch of new features etc. If you are satisfied with 2.1.5, go ahead. Otherwise, upgrade. > A: You have to install booteasy also on the 2nd disk, because your FreeBSD > partition has to be marked as active. > (Is there another solution for that problem?) A: No. There cannot be, if you think about it. (The bootblock is loaded into memory by the BIOS, and gets full control. It's not a question whether a partition is to be marked as active, but if you want to switch back, you need a boot manager on the second disk as well, since a simple bootstrap doesn't offer you the required features.) > Q: Can I take the information about the devices like shown in the Properties > dialog of "My Computer" under Windows 95 for the kernel configuration? > (IRQs, PORTS etc.) A: If they are correct, why not? Q: How do you know they are correct? A: Dunno. Examine jumpers. Use PCI only (and don't care). I don't have what you call `Windows 95' anyway. ;-) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Q: My network card is a Realtek from Planet. Which definition can I use? > (Theoretically it should be compatible with NE2000 cards) And how can > I test the card (loopback)? I only have a second PC with Windows 95 > connected. A: If it pretends to be a NE2000 clone, configure the ed0 device for its hardware settings. Loopback testing is hard. Setup your Win95 machine to use TCP/IP, and ping it, or use the telnet client from the Win95 box. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)