From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 21 9:16: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from snarf.osdn.com (snarf.osdn.com [209.192.217.153]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C95C337B72F for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2001 09:15:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mij@osdn.com) Received: from guinness.osdn.com (root@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by snarf.osdn.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f2LHFvB16839; Wed, 21 Mar 2001 12:15:57 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mij@osdn.com) Received: by guinness.osdn.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0C19F17C; Wed, 21 Mar 2001 12:15:54 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 12:15:54 -0500 From: Jim Mock To: MarkDeutschmann@Greeneassoc.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding a Driver After Installation? Message-ID: <20010321121554.A15015@guinness.osdn.com> Reply-To: mij@osdn.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.16i In-Reply-To: ; from markd@enteract.com on Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 11:06:52AM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 21 Mar 2001 at 11:06:52 -0600, Mark Deutschmann wrote: > I installed Free BSD on an I386 computer with a 3Com 3C509B, however > it has proven to be too slow. I would like to replace it with a > LinkSys EtherFast LNE100TX, that I see is in the docs. as supported > hardware. When I go to add the adapter with "/stand/sysinstall", I do > not see any options other than the 3Com card, all other options are > listed as unknown. I am guessing that I will need to activate or > install the proper driver for the LinkSys EtherFast LNE100TX. If so > how & where might I find said driver. If you're running a GENERIC kernel, it should be detected. Check the output of the dmesg command and look for dc0. If you're running a custom kernel, add the following to your kernel config and recompile: device miibus device dc - jim -- - jim mock - O|S|D|N - open source development network - - http://www.freebsdzine.org/ - jim@freebsdzine.org - jim@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message