Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2019 00:07:38 -0400 From: Zaphod Beeblebrox <zbeeble@gmail.com> To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> Cc: FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Working around unsupported Ethernet card with PXE or UEFI? Message-ID: <CACpH0Mekh-Mxb6Ns1y_sb-8pLeE%2BeYGTDtMceKQY3cXstCgE%2BA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <39143.1561086356@segfault.tristatelogic.com> References: <39143.1561086356@segfault.tristatelogic.com>
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I suppose he could be asking, in his way, about a type of universal driver (not unlike ndis used to be). Not knowing anything about the UEFI environment, but recalling that PXE requires one of the more restrictive processor modes ... would make that quite a challenge for a universal driver. ... but yeah... USB ports are pretty ubiquitous. On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 11:07 PM Ronald F. Guilmette <rfg@tristatelogic.com> wrote: > "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. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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