Christopher A. Kantarjiev wrote:

>
>> Surprising. My bge0 worked right out of the box.
>
> What does your dmesg read? Mine says
>
> bge0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Broadcom BCM5751" rev 0x01, BCM5750 A1: irq
> 11 address 00:11:11:cc:a4:f0
> brgphy0 at bge0 phy 1: BCM5750 10/100/1000baseT PHY, rev. 0
>

Mine says :

bge0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Broadcom BCM5751" rev 0x01, BCM5750 A1: irq
11 address xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
brgphy0 at bge0 phy 1: BCM5750 10/100/1000baseT PHY, rev. 0

where I have obfuscated the MAC address.

In other words, identical to yours.

> I'm a little concerned that the chip thinks it's a 5751 but the driver
> thinks it's a 5750.

Well, mine works. So, I am not too worried about that

>
>> I see !
>>
>> I will be trying to install the server again tomorrow. I think I need to
>> look at the directory that comes up on choosing ftp carefully before
>> pushing forward.
>
> The default is definitely wrong. Good luck.


Your suggestion worked ! The system booted after I upgraded it to the
snapshot. Thanks.