From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 1 18:23: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mackeson.frozentundra.net (67.8.7.104.unionpark-ubr-b.cfl.rr.com [67.8.7.104]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8338837B420 for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2002 18:22:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from highlife.frozentundra.net (hidden-user@fw2.gta.com [199.120.225.12]) by mackeson.frozentundra.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g11I0f712420; Fri, 1 Feb 2002 13:00:41 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from andy@frozentundra.net) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20020201125348.01ea2bb0@mackeson.frozentundra.net> X-Sender: andy@mackeson.frozentundra.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 13:00:14 -0500 To: "Kirk R. Wythers" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Andy Myers Subject: Re: my hardware not listed in userconfig menue In-Reply-To: <1012585052.2038.24.camel@lorax.forestry.umn.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 12:37 PM 2/1/2002, Kirk R. Wythers wrote: >I need some advice concerning the userconfig menue. After going into the >visual mode kernel config menue I see several conflicts. However, very >little of my hardware is listed. For example my adaptec 7890 scsi >controller is not listed (instead I see adaptec 154x and 152x), neither >is my 3com 905b network card. I am a little nervous about removing all >the network cards that are conflicting without leaving one of them (even >though it may not be the card on my system). Same issue with the scsi >controller. There are no conflicts, but neither of the adaptec cards is >the 7890 that is on my system. Should I remove, not leaving a scsi >controller? or should I leave alone even though neither is my card? and >hope that my hardware is found later in the install process... > >Any advice would be much appreciated... > >Kirk > >-- >Kirk R. Wythers University of Minnesota >Tel: 612.625.2261 Department of Forest Resources >Fax: 612.625.5212 1530 Cleveland Ave. N. >Email: kwythers@forestry.umn.edu Saint Paul, MN 55108 > Kirk, Your 3Com card uses the xl driver, so if that is listed don't remove it. The other network adapters are OK to remove. I wondered the same thing when I first installed FreeBSD, and I'm still not sure why some of those devices are present. If some of your other hardware is supported but isn't detected during the install process, you can always add it later. http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.5R/hardware.html <---- supported hardware for 4.5-R -- Andy Myers Orlando, Florida, USA andy@frozentundra.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message