Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 19:01:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Dru <genisis@istar.ca> To: Doug Wilson <want_2_learn_freebsd@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: please help with pcmcia nic... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104151856490.16487-100000@istar.ca> In-Reply-To: <DAV48txc1o8yfogkJXr00000d9b@hotmail.com>
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Hi Doug, I'd leave it at Other. I actually missed the "laptop" word in your first post. I'll bow out now and go make another pot of coffee..... Dru On Sun, 15 Apr 2001, Doug Wilson wrote: > Hi Dru, > > I could not find any reference to PnP OS in the Bios. I assume that's > plug-n-play? Anyway, I have a PhoenixBIOS and the closest thing to your > reference was "Installed O/S:" with the choices of Win95 or Other. It was > set to Other. Which should it be? > > Doug. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dru" <genisis@istar.ca> > To: "Doug Wilson" <want_2_learn_freebsd@hotmail.com> > > > > Hi Doug, > > > > Is Pnp OS off in your BIOS? > > > > Dru > > > > > > On Sun, 15 Apr 2001, Doug Wilson wrote: > > > > > Hi list. > > > > > > I have a laptop running FreeBSD 4.2 Release. It has a 3Com Megahertz > Model > > > 3CCFE575BT 10/100 Base-TX PCMCIA which I bought a few weeks ago. > > > > > > Windows of course sees the card, and I'm online there. Redhat, and > Debian > > > brands of Linux see the nic. But FreeBSD doesn't not! > > > > > > I am totally lost!!! > > > > > > I did try to add to the kernel: > > > > > > zp #3com PCMCIA Etherlink III (I got this from "The Complete > FreeBSD"). > > > > > > But conf said that zp was invalid. > > > > > > I have searched long and hard for support--I have also searched for any > info > > > about another pcmcia nic card that FreeBSD supports, but nothing--just > that > > > obscure reference in that book that was invalid. (I can return the > 3Com, > > > but for what? Another pcmcia card that is not supported?) > > > > > > Does anyone got any ideas? I'd really like to get it working. > > > Doug. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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