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Date:      Fri, 21 Jul 2000 15:52:39 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "J. Goodleaf" <goodleaf@goodleaf.net>
To:        legg@iastate.edu
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: your mail
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007211551130.24895-100000@clyde.goodleaf.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.95.1000721151129.31488A-100000@isua1.iastate.edu>

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I believe the 3com 905 card works with the xl device. You should be fine
without doing any extra work at all. I think this is even in the generic
kernel.
-John

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John Goodleaf
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On Fri, 21 Jul 2000 legg@iastate.edu wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to install FreeBSD.  When I am setting up the hardware
> immediately after inserting the mfsroot disk, I see my network card is not
> on the list given to me.  It is a 3Com 905-TX.
> 
> I searched at 3Com and found that they have drivers for a wide range of
> operating systems, Red Hat, Caldera, TurboLinux and SuSe, but not FreeBSD.
> 
> Is the driver that works in those other operating systems able to operate
> in FreeBSD and if so, how do I add it to the list of hardware that I
> mentioned about earlier?  If this driver doesn't work, does this mean that
> I am better off using a different Linux/Unix that is compatible with the
> driver?
> 
> Timothy D Legg
> 
> 
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