FBSD install fails with nforce on asus p5n-e sli. any ideas?

[David Naylor]

On Tuesday 29 April 2008 07:43:17 you wrote:
> Hello,
> Im trying to install 7.0 from boot only CD and having problems detecting
> the network.
> The NIS is a nforce integrated to the mother asus P5n-e sli
> The card is working in DFBSD and windows, I think it worked in Linux
> too, but need to try it out again to be sure about the last.
> Dhclient fails, write the config by hand doesnt work neither.
> Someone had installed 7.0 with this mother?
> Thanks for any help.
> Sdav

Hi,

Is your board based on the nForce 650i chipset?  I have been struggling to get 
this chipset to work with SMP, have you been able to get more than 1 CPU 
working and have access to the hard drives / cd drives?

Try safemode, it may allow you network access.

Good luck

David
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