From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Sep 20 12:34:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D23937B422 for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2000 12:34:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e8KJYj311943; Wed, 20 Sep 2000 12:34:45 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 12:34:45 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Amergin Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linksys PCM100 Message-ID: <20000920123445.D9141@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <20000920115358.B9141@fw.wintelcom.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: ; from amergin@wwa.com on Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 03:06:41PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org * Amergin [000920 12:06] wrote: > > > On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > > * Amergin [000920 11:49] wrote: > > > > > > I recently purchased a Linksys Etherfast 10/100 (model pcm100) since it > > > appeared supported under FreeBSD. Unfortunately it doesn't appear > > > supported under the installation. > > > > > > I am trying to do a ftp install and this causes a small problem. If anyone > > > has any advice I would very much appreciate it. For more information, just > > > ask. Not sure if anything else would be relevant here. > > > > Yes, providing more information may actually be dangerous and make it > > more difficult for us to diagnose the problem. > > > > *smack* > > Deserved. > > 4.1 current. Dell Latitude CPt, though I will try later with a Thinkpad > 755x. This is *not* a Cardbus card. I have those and realize the current > problems. > > > So what part of the install lead you to the belief that the card > > isn't supported? Furthermore, what version of FreeBSD are you > > installing? I'm guessing this is a laptop, is this a 'cardbus' > > card (pcmcia PCI?) if so you're probably out of luck for a couple > > more weeks/months on that. > > IS that enough info? You really need to answer my first question: "So what part of the install lead you to the belief that the card isn't supported?" Did you just not see it probe? Does it not offer itself as a choice for install media? -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message