On 1/20/07, Stuart Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2007/01/20 05:11, openbsd neophyte wrote: > > i'm trying to install OpenBSD 4 on a sparc64 machine (an ultra 5.) > > i'm having some trouble because the system isn't able to use the NIC. > > > > i'm having some trouble because the system isn't seeing the NIC when the > > initial option is given to setup any interfaces on the system. > > the install process only allows me to configure the native ultra5's > > native hme0 interface. > > Realtek 8169 uses the re driver, it's not in the ramdisk kernels for > sparc64, but it is in GENERIC. It should show up when you reboot.
how do i solve this issue? i tried entering re0 when time for selecting an interface, but, as you can figure out, it doesn't allow for it. i burned cd40.iso onto a CD, and booted from there. shouldn't the GENERIC kernel load as a default?
