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Date:      Wed, 20 Sep 2000 12:34:45 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Amergin <amergin@wwa.com>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Linksys PCM100
Message-ID:  <20000920123445.D9141@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.10.10009201503340.19827-100000@wwa.com>; from amergin@wwa.com on Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 03:06:41PM -0400
References:  <20000920115358.B9141@fw.wintelcom.net> <Pine.SOL.4.10.10009201503340.19827-100000@wwa.com>

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* Amergin <amergin@wwa.com> [000920 12:06] wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> 
> > * Amergin <amergin@wwa.com> [000920 11:49] wrote:
> > > 
> > > I recently purchased a Linksys Etherfast 10/100 (model pcm100) since it
> > > appeared supported under FreeBSD. Unfortunately it doesn't appear
> > > supported under the installation. 
> > > 
> > > I am trying to do a ftp install and this causes a small problem. If anyone
> > > has any advice I would very much appreciate it. For more information, just
> > > ask. Not sure if anything else would be relevant here.
> > 
> > Yes, providing more information may actually be dangerous and make it
> > more difficult for us to diagnose the problem.
> > 
> > *smack*
> 
> Deserved.
> 
> 4.1 current. Dell Latitude CPt, though I will try later with a Thinkpad
> 755x. This is *not* a Cardbus card. I have those and realize the current
> problems.
> 
> > So what part of the install lead you to the belief that the card 
> > isn't supported?  Furthermore, what version of FreeBSD are you
> > installing?  I'm guessing this is a laptop, is this a 'cardbus'
> > card (pcmcia PCI?) if so you're probably out of luck for a couple
> > more weeks/months on that.
> 
> IS that enough info?

You really need to answer my first question:

 "So what part of the install lead you to the belief that the card
 isn't supported?"

Did you just not see it probe?  Does it not offer itself as a choice
for install media?


-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."


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