On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 8:27 AM Go Canes <letsgonhlcan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm trying to get NetBSD running on a Dell Mini 1012. I know Linux > seems to have issues with this hardware, so was hoping NetBSD might do > better. I can install and it boots, but I haven't been able to get > the network working. > > Issues: > - constant messages saying "re0: watchdog timeout". I suspect that > until this is addressed I won't get much farther. > - If I rely on DHCP to configure the NIC, I appear to get garbage, as > the IP4 address is not on-network. > - If I manually set a valid IP4 address and gateway, it still can't > communicate. It can't even ping the gateway.
Use a USB network adapter until the driver is fixed. A couple of my Dell's have had to wait for the drivers to catch up. Jeff
