Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 22:02:42 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Raul Zighelboim <mango@communique.net> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Thinkpad and 3C562 Ethernet card. Message-ID: <199608230402.WAA05115@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960822204602.14320L-100000@yama.communique.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960822204602.14320L-100000@yama.communique.net>
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> I am trying to install FreeBSD on an IBM thinkpad 360 (I think it is a 36). > It has a PCMCI adapter, and I have tehre a 3C562 Ethernet/Modem card. I am > trying to do an installation over the network using ftp. You've got two strikes against you. 1) The ThinkPad uses a non-standard keyboard controller. 2) You are using a unsupported PCCARD. FreeBSD supports the older 3C589 cards, but the newer cards are *much* harder to support since dual function cards are non-trivial to work. > Not sure what the problem is, I have not been able to get the boot floppy > to recognise the PCMCI adapter, and I have not found any place that would > allow me to change the address/IRQ on the adapter via DOS to make it more > FBSD friendly. AFAIK, you won't be able to use that card for installation. If you can get a hold of the simple ethernet-only cards you might have some luck, but given that FreeBSD's default console driver doesn't work on older ThinkPad's it might not work. But, the 360 is newer, so it might work. > I have even recompiled the kernel and created my own boot > floppies optimized for the ocasion. Make sure you use PCVT for the console driver and add the necessary options (see GENERIC), and get a 3C589 card. Nate
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