From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 17 18:19:01 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA06341 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 18:19:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gate.ascend.co.jp (root@gate.ascend.co.jp [202.246.11.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA06333 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 18:18:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mshindo@ascend.co.jp) Received: from home.ascend.co.jp (home.ascend.co.jp [202.246.11.187]) by gate.ascend.co.jp (8.8.5+2.7Wbeta5/3.5Wpl7/06/14/97) with ESMTP id LAA18469; Tue, 18 Nov 1997 11:05:09 +0900 (JST) Received: from taurus.ascend.co.jp ([202.246.11.232]) by home.ascend.co.jp (8.8.5/3.5Wpl7/06/09/97) with ESMTP id LAA18863; Tue, 18 Nov 1997 11:17:34 +0900 (JST) Received: from taurus.ascend.co.jp (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by taurus.ascend.co.jp (8.8.5/3.5Wpl7/08/09/97) with ESMTP id JAA00290; Tue, 18 Nov 1997 09:40:32 +0900 (JST) Message-Id: <199711180040.JAA00290@taurus.ascend.co.jp> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Akia Tornado TX233 From: Motonori Shindo In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 17 Nov 1997 11:24:47 -0800 (PST)" References: X-Mailer: Mew version 1.70 on Emacs 19.28.1 / Mule 2.3 X-PGP-fingerprint: 06 B0 B1 A4 06 C1 6A 14 63 C0 D7 18 01 CD D9 83 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 09:40:31 +0900 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, >>>>> On Mon, 17 Nov 1997 11:24:47 -0800 (PST) >>>>> dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu(Doug White) said: > > On Mon, 17 Nov 1997, Motonori Shindo wrote: > > > > > Did anyone succeed to get Akia Tornado TX233 to work with FreeBSD? I > > > > tried to install 2.2.2 through PCMCIA Ethernet card (I tried IBM's > > > > Ethernet II and 3Com's EtherLink III (3C589C Rev.D)) but no luck so > > > > far. > > > > > > What brand and model of Ethernet card is this? > > > > Isn't the description above enough (at least w.r.t. PCMCIA Ethernet > > card I'm using)? > > I'm under the impression the computer's name is Akia. Who makes the > Ethernet card? IS it repackaged by Akia or what? Akia Tornado TX233 doen't come with any PCMCIA Ethernet card. I tried the following two cards which I already had in hand: 1) IBM's Ethernet II 2) 3Com's EtherLink III (3C589C Rev.D)) > > One thing I'm not sure is that whether CardBus capability (Akia > > Tornado TX233 does support CardBus!) doesn't affect the PCMCIA > > Ethernet on FreeBSD or not. > > That is a good thing, actually; I've had a hell of a time getting Win95 > machines with CardBus to pick up Ethernet cards. I started to install Win95 (OSR2.1) back to the machine. (Like most of the *BSD people do, I have already wiped out the pre-installed Win95:-)) Then I found that Akia Tornado TX233's PCMCIA doesn't work with the stock Win95 PCMCIA driver. Presumably due to a CardBus capability, it does require a newer version of PCMCIA/CardBus driver in a floppy disk that comes with the box. I haven't figured out what PCMCIA contoller it has, but now I feel that I need a newer PCMCIA driver to get FreeBSD to work with Tornado TX233. What is the status of the PCMCIA/CardBus driver development in FreeBSD? ===================================== Motonori Shindo Systems Engineer Ascend Communications Japan K.K. email: mshindo@ascend.co.jp TEL: +81-3-5325-7306 =====================================