Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 00:33:31 +0800 (WST) From: Michael Kennett <mike@laurasia.com.au> To: publisher@office.ompages.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pccard with ThinkPad 365X Message-ID: <199912121633.AAA28323@laurasia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <19991212080330.A32592@office.ompages.com> from NatePuri at "Dec 12, 99 08:06:49 am"
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Hi Nate, > > I've not found any good documentation on pccards and FreeBSD, but I've > > referenced the following sites: > > > > http://www.jp.freebsd.org/PAO > > http://www.freebsd-uk.eu.org/~scott/xe_drv/ > > [ I want to use a Xircom CreditCard 10/100 card ] > > I would re-install the system from scratch with the PAO boot floppies, > download the paobin software onto something (like a cd) and after you install > the system, install the paobin software. Then I would suspect that if you > don't have a cardbus card, everything will work fine. If you only have a > cardbus, try NetBSD or Linux, because FreeBSD and OpenBSD don't support > cardbus yet. OK, this is a real newbie question, but what is the difference between cardbus and pccard? Actually, what is cardbus? Unfortunately, the *only* way I can transfer data onto the laptop is via floppy -- I can't hook up to the network (Xircom card doesn't work), and there is no CD player. > > --Nate Regards, Mike Kennett (mike@laurasia.com.au) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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