Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 20:05:56 -0700 From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Working around unsupported Ethernet card with PXE or UEFI? Message-ID: <39143.1561086356@segfault.tristatelogic.com>
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"Thomas Mueller" <mueller6722@twc.com> wrote: >Is it possible to build and install FreeBSD so as to be bootable and access >the internet with an Ethernet card that doesn't work in FreeBSD? You're question doesn't make a lot of sense on the face of it. Why on earth would you either WANT or NEED to install FreeBSD on a system with no ethernet adapter? If it's a matter of money, I have at least a half dozen old 10/100 cards lying around collecting dust. If you send me your address and if it is in North America, I'll send you one via snail-mail. Or you can probably get one faster off eBay for about a buck and a half. Regards, rfg P.S. Even if you're constrained by hardware... e.g. no PCIe slots... you can always get yourself some supported USB ethernet adapter. I don't know of anything worth owning that could run FreeBSD and that doesn't have at least a couple of USB ports.
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