Moss, hello. On 2014 Apr 16, at 14:17, Maurice McCarthy <m...@sphinx.mythic-beasts.com> wrote:
> Ah so your ethernet is now working then! Yes? If so then good. I'd thought > that one problem was that you could not connect to the internet using the > netbook. The install script does download any firmware it finds necessary > but, of course, if you needed to install ethernet firmware to do that then > there is a self-defeating loop. Maybe your Macbook has the same card? I was having difficulty connecting initially, because of the choice/lack of drivers on the floppy5x.fs images (if I recall correctly). Booting the install CD on the MacMini meant that I was able to create a bootable flash disk with a full install, which, in particular, did have drivers enough to support the ethernet interface at least. At that point, I didn't need a network at all, because the flash drive had the install sets on it, too, but it was necessary for installing packages later. I believe that this netbook's wireless interface is incompletely supported by OpenBSD, but I've deliberately left that unconfigured in any case. I want this to be 'the secure laptop', so if the ethernet cable's not plugged in, then I can be confident it's not on a network at all. I had vague plans to install it completely air-gapped, but that's more trouble than it's worth in my situation -- that would be for drill rather than need. I remember noticing that the MacMini seemed to have the same ethernet card manufacturer as the netbook, but that wasn't my principal concern at that point, so I can't be sure. All the best, Norman -- Norman Gray : http://nxg.me.uk SUPA School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, UK
