Huub <"v.niekerk at freeler.nl"> wrote:
>
> > I wouldn't, as they suck. Even the fairly sucky but less so than
> > realteks can be had for under 15 EUR retail.
> >
>
> Really?
>
> > This, Huub, is the big question. The cause does not have to be your
> > network card, but it may be. Unfortunately, we do not have the
> > information to answer that, only you do.
> >
>
> Ok. Wrong start.
>
> >
> >
> >>I've never installed using ftp, only CD. The CD is only a few hundred
> >>megabytes.
> >
> >
> > And a couple of times over what you actually need to install just the
> > one machine. I do feel old, remembering getting mail and news[1] over a
> > 2400 baud modem. It has only been a few years.
> >
>
> On the disposed machine, I easily accessed the internet, selected the
> few sets I needed and installed the bunch. Now, testing on 2 operating
> systems, somehow the NIC isn't even detected.
>
> This is when booted from CD after creating partitions and labels (manually):
>
> [x] bsd.rd
> Get name? (or 'done') [done]
> Ready to install sets? [yes]
> Getting bsd.rd ...
> 100% |.......................| 4549 KB 00:02
> Location of sets? (cd disk ftp http or 'done')[cd] done
> 'bsd' was not installed.
> Are you *SURE* your install is complete without 'bsd'? [no]
>
>
> I hope this shows what my problem is.

the cd38.iso does not contain the file sets. READ
http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html