On Wednesday, 5 February 2003 at 0:44:36 -0500, Michael Graffam wrote:
Can anyone suggest an inexpensive 16-bit PC card NIC (non-Cardbus) for use
with FreeBSD, and where I might find one?
I _REALLY_ want to get FreeBSD installed on my laptop, and I'm
willing to bite the bullet and just buy
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
On Wednesday, 5 February 2003 at 0:44:36 -0500, Michael Graffam wrote:
I _REALLY_ want to get FreeBSD installed on my laptop, and I'm
willing to bite the bullet and just buy a new NIC.
Just about any 16 bit NIC will work.
Greg
I wish it
On Wednesday, 5 February 2003 at 21:35:32 -0500, Michael Graffam wrote:
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
On Wednesday, 5 February 2003 at 0:44:36 -0500, Michael Graffam wrote:
I _REALLY_ want to get FreeBSD installed on my laptop, and I'm
willing to bite the bullet and just
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
I wish it were so. I have an NE2K compatible NIC
Heh. I was going to suggest exactly that.
:) Yeah, NE2K compatible NICs have always done right by me. But this one
is pretty obscure: its an 'Argosy EN-210' NIC.
What problem do you have with
On Wednesday, 5 February 2003 at 22:18:50 -0500, Michael Graffam wrote:
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
I wish it were so. I have an NE2K compatible NIC
Heh. I was going to suggest exactly that.
:) Yeah, NE2K compatible NICs have always done right by me. But this one
is
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
Hmm, this could be a simple problem to solve. What version of FreeBSD
are you using?
None yet :(
I'm trying to install 5.0 -- but I'd settle for 4.x
What appears in dmesg and /var/log/messages?
I don't think these are around in install
On Wednesday, 5 February 2003 at 22:56:27 -0500, Michael Graffam wrote:
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
Hmm, this could be a simple problem to solve. What version of FreeBSD
are you using?
None yet :(
That makes it difficult to get the card to work.
I'm trying to install
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
You might possibly find 4.7 easier in this case. 5.0 has completely
rewritten PC Card drivers, and it may be more difficult to get it to
work there.
Hmm, ok -- I'll try giving 4.7 a shot then.
No, you won't have /var/log/messages during
On Wednesday, 5 February 2003 at 23:23:59 -0500, Michael Graffam wrote:
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
You might possibly find 4.7 easier in this case. 5.0 has completely
rewritten PC Card drivers, and it may be more difficult to get it to
work there.
Hmm, ok -- I'll try
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
Hmm. This will be difficult. If you can at least install a minimum
system by some other means, it will make life easier.
Not difficult at all! FreeBSD 4.7 worked like a champ. All I had to do was
insert two floppies and smoke cigarettes :)
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