On Thu, 30 Mar 2000, Shaun Amy, CSIRO TIP/ATNF wrote:
> Basically I am trying to install 4.0-RELEASE (off a CD I burnt from the ISO
> image whilst I wait for the WC CD kit) on a Dell Latitude CPi laptop (which
> has run FreeBSD 2.2.x and FreeBSD 3.2 in the past). I boot off floppy, do
> the install of the CD and everything works just fine, including finding the
> PCMCIA ethernet card (3Com 3C589B which I know works with FreeBSD) and using
> DHCP to get the correct network parameters over the network.
>
> The only problem is (and this sounds silly) is that with the PCMCIA card
> configured with DHCP addresses it won't pass any IP traffic, even a ping to
> another machine on the same subnet fails (so it isn't a routing issue).
I saw similar problems on my laptop. I was trying to do a net install :-(
I think that the problem is related to interrupts. From what I could see, they
are getting lost. I gave up trying the net install. Since you already have a CD
to get the info onto the HD, you should be able to investigate it further.
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