From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Dec 16 13:33:11 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A56D214CFE for ; Thu, 16 Dec 1999 13:32:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.3/8.9.0) id IAA47576; Fri, 17 Dec 1999 08:02:08 +1030 (CST) Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 08:02:07 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: "Peter A. Schwenk" Cc: Matt Jezorek , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCMCIA Message-ID: <19991217080206.F46720@freebie.lemis.com> References: <006601bf4737$6c4cf760$500155cc@terraserver.com> <385849DF.F6BCAC62@voicenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <385849DF.F6BCAC62@voicenet.com> WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog X-PGP-Fingerprint: 6B 7B C3 8C 61 CD 54 AF 13 24 52 F8 6D A4 95 EF Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wednesday, 15 December 1999 at 21:09:36 -0500, Peter A. Schwenk wrote: > Matt Jezorek wrote: > >> question for allwhat is the easiest and best way to get a pcmcia card >> or slot recognized it does not do it on installis there away to do it >> in the kernel config i seen there was a mention of it but now how to >> do it > > You should probably go to the freebsd web site, http://www.freebsd.org, > and search for the PAO (I don't know what that stands for) project. > Essentially it's an enhanced version of FreeBSD that works better with > laptop hardware. You should look to see if your hardware is supported > before proceeding. I was playing around with an old Gateway Colorbook, > and it wouldn't work because of a multi-function PCMCIA card (not > supported). Better, ask your question on FreeBSD-questions, where you will get more answers. PAO is being phased out, but it's still useful for some hardware. Based on your questing, there's no reason to assume that the standard FreeBSD release won't work. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message