From owner-freebsd-mobile Sun Sep 8 1:18:46 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F8C137B400 for ; Sun, 8 Sep 2002 01:18:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from oahu.WURLDLINK.NET (oahu.WURLDLINK.NET [216.235.52.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E825A43E75 for ; Sun, 8 Sep 2002 01:18:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET) Received: from localhost (vince@localhost) by oahu.WURLDLINK.NET (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id g888INa15154; Sat, 7 Sep 2002 22:18:24 -1000 (HST) (envelope-from vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET) Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 22:18:23 -1000 (HST) From: Vincent Poy To: Alex Teslik Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Vaio PCG-XG9 and 3Com 3CXFE575CT install? In-Reply-To: <20020908082239.M18466@acatysmoof.com> Message-ID: <20020907221340.T2914-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 8 Sep 2002, Alex Teslik wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to install FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE on my Vaio PCG-XG9 laptop. Since > my CD/DVD drive is broken I am trying to do the install via ftp using the > pcmcia network card which is a 3Com 3CXFE575CT. However, during kernel boot I > do not see the card being detected. When I enter sysinstall, it prompts for > pccard settings. No matter which setting I use, the card is not detected. I > have two questions: > > 1) Is the 3Com 3CXFE575CT supported by the drivers supplied in the boot floppies? > > 2) If not, how can I add the drivers I need to the boot process so my card > gets detected? > > I checked the archives, but mabye I'm just not finding what I need. Any help > or links would be greatly appreciated! > > Thanks, > Alex The 3CXFE575CT is the 3Com/Megahertz 10/100 32Bit CardBus Card with XJack connector right? If so, FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE doesn't support it as it only supports 16bit PCMCIA cards. You need one of the FreeBSD -current SNAPSHOTS ISO Images dated August 18, 2002 or later from current.FreeBSD.ORG both via ftp or www and it should support it. Cheers, Vince - vince@WURLDLINK.NET - Vice President ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message