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From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com>
To: kkonaka@mac.com
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Subject: Re: ie(4) - EtherExpress16
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On Tue, 29 Jan 2002 kkonaka@mac.com wrote:

> hi!  - started using freebsd for two days :)
> 
> how do I install 4.4-RELEASE into a PC with only
> etherexpress16 - ie(4) network interface?
> 
> I did install 4.4-RELEASE on another PC with 3c590, (over
> both ftp&nfs install) but it looks like installer for
> 4.4-RELEASE doesn't have immediate support for ie(4).
> 
> I've casually tried 4.2-RELEASE installer which appears
> to have ie(4) support, but somehow this seems to have
> failed probing the hardware (?)
> 
> now I'm thinking about two choises:
> 
> - 0) first, swap the disk beween two machines once, then
> - a) install 4.4-RELEASE, then somehow reconfigure the
>      kernel to have ie(4) support.
> - b) install 4.2-RELEASE, expecting I may not have
>      to do anything to support for ie(4).
> 
> should I try 0)-a) or 0)-b) or there's actually no need
> to do 0) in the first place ?
> 
> ;; for now it really doesn't matter even if its 4.2-RELEASE
> ;; (in fact, I'm interested in take looking at the differences :)
> 
> thanks much :)
> kenji
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