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Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 12:24:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: dmb <nellie@home.com>
To: Jason Myers <celest@mindspring.net>
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Subject: Re: Network Interface Card Driver Support??
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Not sure about the 3com905B but I have the 905 and the new driver is xl0
not vx0.

On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, Jason Myers wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm currently trying to install FreeBSD 2.2.6 on a machine that has a 3Com
> 3C905B NIC.  During the boot (from floppy) it detects the NIC, but says
> that <No Driver was Installed (or used)>.  It detects the PCI NIC on irq
> 12.  In the FreeBSD (revision 2) manual that I purchased from Walnut Creek,
> it says that vx0 support the 3c9xx cards?  But all the other documentation
> I've found says nothing about the 3c9xx cards.  Is this NIC supported by
> FreeBSD at all?  If not, when will it have support for it?
> 
> Also, on install from the boot floppy, choosing -cv from the boot option.
> going into the userconfig and removing all the CONF entries and modifying
> to the correct hardware (with the exception of the NIC) so that nothing
> conflicts.  Choose Q and then S to save.  A: drive lights up for a bit, and
> then the harddrive.  getting a white block in the upper left corner of the
> screen (rest of screen is black) and it never proceeds with the install.
> What is the problem here?
> 
> Preciate the help.  Thanks!
> 
> Jason Myers
> celest@mindspring.net
> 
> 
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