From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jun 25 19:18:47 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA24287 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 25 Jun 1996 19:18:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA24282 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 1996 19:18:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id LAA02269; Wed, 26 Jun 1996 11:33:39 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199606260203.LAA02269@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Gateway Solo with ATAPI CD-ROM: How to install? To: Brett_Glass@ccgate.infoworld.com (Brett Glass) Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 11:33:38 +0930 (CST) Cc: nate@mt.sri.com, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <9605258357.AA835749117@ccgate.infoworld.com> from "Brett Glass" at Jun 25, 96 06:30:22 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Brett Glass stands accused of saying: > > > But, the code in -current should support your modem if you can get past > > the non-documentation issue. Read the man pages on pccardc/pccardd, and > > look at /etc/pccard.conf.sample and you *should* be able to get > > jump-started. > > Will have to try this. Can I use the March snapshot, which I have on > CD-ROM, or do I need to find a way to get -current onto the machine > across the Net? The current Nomad code is based on the 960501 snapshot, which is a huge improvement on the March code. I ran with the Nomad patches over the May SNAP for a while before going to -current; they worked OK, but for a PCCARD modem you _should_ be OK with the vanilla SNAP. > --Brett -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[