amd64/117858: can not install / does not recognize network / no network connection

[John Baldwin]

The following reply was made to PR amd64/117858; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: John Baldwin <jhb at freebsd.org>
To: freebsd-amd64 at freebsd.org
Cc: anonamoose <noone at nowhere.com>, freebsd-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: amd64/117858: can not install / does not recognize network / no network connection
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 11:33:38 -0500

 On Tuesday 06 November 2007 02:05:43 am anonamoose wrote:
 > possible clue:
 > On the "Network Interface Information Required" menu, the option to select 
 is displayed as:  nfe0 = NVIDIA nForce MCP Ethernet
 > 
 > There is no "nfe0" driver.  The option should be:
 > nve0 = NVIDIA nForce MCP Ethernet
 
 There _is_ a nfe(4) driver and it supersedes nve(4) in 7.0.  Did you try to 
 use nfe0?
 
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 John Baldwin