Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 15:47:38 -0600 From: "Jonathan E. Lyons" <parrothd@midwest.net> To: Michael Kennett <mike@laurasia.com.au>, publisher@office.ompages.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pccard with ThinkPad 365X Message-ID: <199912122141.PAA29381@zeus.anet-chi.com> In-Reply-To: <199912121633.AAA28323@laurasia.com.au> References: <19991212080330.A32592@office.ompages.com>
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At 12:33 AM 12/13/99 +0800, Michael Kennett wrote: >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. > If you have another freebsd machine around you can connect the two boxes via the ltp ports and establish a tcp/ip connection. If you have the -alias option or Natd service running you can then do an ftp install to the laptop. It's a pain, but I've done it.. :)...... >> >> --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 > Jonathan E. Lyons FreeBSD! parrothd@midwest.net CCNA, MCP, MCSE, A+ Certified http://parrothd.midwest.net/ ICQ # 14226912 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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