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Date:      Tue, 22 Aug 2000 20:57:48 -0400
From:      "Sean O'Connell" <sean@stat.Duke.EDU>
To:        Christian Peter Gruendemann <chris.chris@fhtw-berlin.de>
Cc:        FreeBSD mobile <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Netgear Re: Reflections on the Sony Vaio F709 (F590K ?)
Message-ID:  <20000822205748.A6016@stat.Duke.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.4.21.0008230235220.24150-100000@oxid01.rz.fhtw-berlin.de>; from chris.chris@fhtw-berlin.de on Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 02:47:49AM %2B0200
References:  <200008222111.e7MLBF423146@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> <Pine.SGI.4.21.0008230235220.24150-100000@oxid01.rz.fhtw-berlin.de>

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Christian Peter Gruendemann stated:
: 
: Hi,
: 
: Today, I tried to install Freebsd 4.0 on a Toshiba Satellite Pro
: 4360 notebook with a pcmcia
: NetGear FA410 network card. I didn't manage it, and I think the network
: card is not supported by FreeBSD 4.0 Release? The Netgear networkcard is
: also not mentioned in the handbook. So, The card won't work, right? 
: 
: Does anybody know which pcmcia network card will work which the Toshiba 
: notebook? 
: 
: Furthermore, is the Soundsystem (Yamaha YMF744B-R Chip) supported?
: 
: Thanks in advance
: 
Christian-

This card should work in later editions of FreeBSD after 4.0-RELEASE.
It was badly broken in 4.0-RELEASE (and STABLE up until June).  YOu
would do better to install from either 4.1-RELEASE or snapshot of
-STABLE (see:  ftp://releng4.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/i386/
for the most recent one).

Support for the Yamaha chip was added shortly before 4.1-RELEASE,
so a more recent STABLE snapshot outght to give you some noise...
I haven't been able to get the Yamaha to play nice with the Linux
realplay yet (I believe there are patches in the works ... fingers
firmly crossed :), but you should be able to play music cd's and
waveplay and maybe xmms (not 100% sure on this).

Hope this helps,
S

PS.  You have to be fairly mindful of IRQs when doing the install over
     the network.  Take a good look at your Win9x Device Manager for
     unused IRQs.
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Sean O'Connell                                       sean@stat.Duke.EDU


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