Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 21:04:58 +0800 From: "James Lim" <jameslpin@pacific.net.sg> To: "HXL" <hxl@cumt.edu.cn>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Emergcy! Consult! Message-ID: <000b01c04d72$54ae6660$2e189cca@sleipnir> References: <004501c04d6b$453deea0$f6c877ca@nc.cumt.edu.cn>
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Hi there,
It seems that the closest card that is supported in 4.1.1 will be the following:
AMD PCnet/PCI (79c970 & 53c974 or 79c974)
I am not sure whether the others have managed to get 79c975 working, but actually is it possible to change the card?
Regards,
James Lim
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From: HXL
To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 8:14 PM
Subject: Emergcy! Consult!
Dear freeBSD managers:
This is Xuzhou city,jiangsu province,China,computer network center.We have just bought four IBM netfinity PC server,and they have alreay plug in fixed NIC(AMD's 10/100M Ethernet card,AM79C975),but these cards do not support FreeBSD.After getting the latest version of FreeBSD(4.1.1) and installed,we find that the machine still support the NIC. We have consulted IBM and AMD,and there is no results,please give us some advices! emergcy! thanks you very mcuh.
Sincerely yours
houxiaoli
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi there,</FONT></DIV>
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It seems that the closest card that is supported in 4.1.1
will be the following:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>AMD PCnet/PCI (79c970 & 53c974 or 79c974)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am not sure whether the others have managed to
get 79c975 working, but actually is it possible to change the
card?</FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>James Lim</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=hxl@cumt.edu.cn href="mailto:hxl@cumt.edu.cn">HXL</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
href="mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 13, 2000 8:14
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Emergcy! Consult!</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Dear freeBSD managers:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2> This is Xuzhou city,jiangsu
province,China,computer network center.We have just bought four IBM netfinity
PC server,and they </FONT><FONT color=#000000 size=2>have alreay plug in fixed
NIC(AMD's 10/100M Ethernet card,AM79C975),but these </FONT><FONT color=#000000
size=2>cards do not support FreeBSD.After getting the latest version of
FreeBSD(4.1.1) and installed,we find that the machine still support the NIC.
We have consulted IBM and AMD,and there is no results,please give us some
advices! emergcy! thanks you very mcuh. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000
size=2>
Sincerely yours </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000
size=2>
houxiaoli</FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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