Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 23:03:29 +1100 From: Allan Dib <allan@dib.name> To: "Colin J. Raven" <duiker@haggis.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD on Tecra 8100 w/Docking Station Message-ID: <80E5B301-3C26-11D7-A240-000393BCC13C@dib.name> In-Reply-To: <001001c2d029$09aacbe0$1500000a@scrk.com>
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I hate to be a party pooper but I think you'll find that if Linux
(which supports a larger range of hardware than FreeBSD) doesn't
support your card then FreeBSD probably won't. In any case consult the
freebsd "hardware notes". Your best bet is just to buy a cheopo PCMCIA
NIC...
-Allan.
On Sunday, February 9, 2003, at 09:50 PM, Colin J. Raven wrote:
> Greetings everyone!!
> I'd very much like to install FreeBSD on the above laptop. However,
> there is a problem in that it sits full time on a Toshiba Docking
> Station...in which sits the NIC. Although ('natch) there are PCMCIA
> slots, I've never bought a card, owing to the existence of the dock. I
> concede that may have been a mistake in hindsight, but now I have to
> (try and) work with what I've got.
>
> W2K recognizes the docking station NIC with nary a murmur and always
> has. BUT since buying this machine I have *never* got any Linux install
> to recognize the dock network card. I'm determined to install *a* 'nix
> on this machine, yet this seems to be *the* stumbling block no matter
> what. I've tried FreeBSD on a friend's machine and believe I just may
> be
> hooked! :-)
>
> I went on an orgy of reading to see if anyone solved this. To date I've
> read a whole lot of; "try this, it might work" ("it" didn't in every
> case!) and despite many weeks of trolling around I'm as stumped as when
> I began.
>
> Can anyone offer a definitive answer to this - *the* most important
> question of all?? I'd truly appreciate a solution to the
> issue.....somewhere, somehow.
>
> Regards & TIA,
> -Colin
> --
> Colin J. Raven
>
>
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