From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 26 12:55:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA07823 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 26 May 1998 12:55:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ii.pilsnet.sunet.se (ii.pilsnet.sunet.se [192.36.125.164]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA07774 for ; Tue, 26 May 1998 12:55:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bengan@ii.pilsnet.sunet.se) Received: (from bengan@localhost) by ii.pilsnet.sunet.se (8.8.8/8.8.5) id VAA23706; Tue, 26 May 1998 21:54:12 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19980526215412.E23373@sunet.se> Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 21:54:12 +0200 From: Bengt Gorden To: Trevor Baden , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: compatibility with 3Com's fast etherlink XL network card Mail-Followup-To: Trevor Baden , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <356AF7E9.A9042F96@boat.bt.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <356AF7E9.A9042F96@boat.bt.com>; from Trevor Baden on Tue, May 26, 1998 at 06:12:09PM +0100 X-Mutt-References: <356AF7E9.A9042F96@boat.bt.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, May 26, 1998 at 06:12:09PM +0100, Trevor Baden wrote: > I am trying to install freeBSD onto a brand new Dell computer with a the > above network card. However, it doesn't seem to recognise it. > The version of freeBSD is 2.2.6. > The 3com options in the setup procedure only gives the option of 3com's > 3c509 network adaptor, not the required 3c905b-tx. > Does this mean that this is a fruitless adventure or is there something > simple that I am missing? I've tried that myself. The 3c905b isn't supported yet. Have a look at http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=6197 -- /Bengan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message