Thanks to the following for their helpful replies:
matthewm_at_voyager.sgate.com (Michael Matthews)
"Sean O'Connell" <sean_at_stat.Duke.EDU>
Oisin McGuinness <oisin_at_sbcm.com>
"Dr. Tom Blinn, 603-884-0646" <tpb_at_zk3.dec.com>
Paul Kitwin <PAUKIT_at_HBSI.COM>
Reinhard Merz (MARB) <Reinhard.Merz_at_telematik.informatik.uni-karlsruhe.de>
chu_at_musp0.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Eugene Chu)
All the responses told me about the same thing. The most thorough
response came from Reihard Merz:
> After installing the FDDI-card You have to:
>
> -> boot the system with 'genvmunix - kernel-image'
> -> take notice of "fta0" (console-output)
> -> Login as root and do "/usr/sbin/sizer -n KERNEL"
> there is now a kernel-configuration-file: /tmp/KERNEL
> -> now grep the record, which will be one like this:
> " controller fta0 at pci0 slot 12 vector ftaintr"
> -> You can now go on to rebuild your kernel after inserting this record into
> Your kernel-configuration-file (maybe) /sys/conf/SYSTEMNAME before.
> -> install the new kernel and reboot
> -> You can go on with configuring the new network-interface (netsetup/ifconfig
etc....)
After doing all that the interface seems to be working fine.
Thanks again,
Mike
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Received on Fri Dec 19 1997 - 21:14:04 NZDT