Broadcom NIC Problem - Installing 7.1
Xin LI
delphij at delphij.net
Sat Apr 25 05:45:12 UTC 2009
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Hi, Paul,
Paul Stewart wrote:
> Thank you - I installed the latest release 7.1 .. should I reinstall with
> 7.2-RC2?
I think the answer would be "Yes" but you can also use FreeBSD Update's
"upgrade" feature to update to 7.2-RC2. If your system is brand new it
might be faster to do a fresh install, depending on the network
connection you are using, though.
> If I install 7.2-RC2, will it be upgradable to the full release when it's
> complete? I've ran into "beta" releases of various software overtime where
> it is sometimes not upgradable...;)
I think so (through freebsd-update -r). Another way would be to use
source based update approach, which is always do-able.
> Take care,
>
> Paul
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Xin LI [mailto:delphij at delphij.net]
> Sent: April 24, 2009 5:09 PM
> To: Paul Stewart
> Cc: freebsd-current at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Broadcom NIC Problem - Installing 7.1
>
> Hi, Paul,
>
> Paul Stewart wrote:
>> Hi there.
>
>> I'm just getting back into the FreeBSD world after a long vacation ;)
>
>> Just installed a shiny new Dell PowerEdge R710 server that comes with Four
>> embedded BroadcomR NetXtreme IIT 5709c Gigabit Ethernet NIC cards. The
>> installation does not recognize the NIC cards so I installed anyways.
>> Server boots up as normal and everything else looks good.
>
>> Is there support for these NIC cards? Do I need to do a custom kernel or
>> load modules?
>
> Which release are you using? A moderately new -CURRENT snapshot (as you
> posted on -current@), or 7.2-RC2 should have supported the hardware you
> have mentioned.
>
> Cheers,
- --
Xin LI <delphij at delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net/
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