Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2001 16:11:19 -0400 From: "Matthew P. Marino" <bind9@citystamp.com> To: Pandurangi Venkatesh-AVP028 <venkatesh.pandurangi@motorola.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Is this network card supported? Message-ID: <3BC0B6E7.79194D81@citystamp.com> References: <796456A0F96AD511A0AC009027B0F7412D07C1@IL27EXM08.cig.mot.com>
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Check the "hardware compatability list" on the freebsd.org site. It's kind of hard to tell on an ecact model. It's more the chipset or "family" of cards. The trick is knowing which driver, en, le,dc etc. is correct for the card. Pandurangi Venkatesh-AVP028 wrote: > > Hello, > > Please help me to know, if this 3COM 3C918 Ethernet card is supported by > FreeBSD. Your help is very much appreciated. > > Thanks > Venki > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Pandurangi Venkatesh-AVP028 > > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 9:48 AM > > To: 'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG' > > Subject: Is this network card supported? > > > > Hello, > > > > I have freeBSD 4.2. I tried to install it on my DELL laptop. This laptop > > has 3COM 3C918 Network card. When I boot the laptop using freeBSD CD ROM, > > it boots and brings up the installation menu. Then the keyboard does not > > work to select any menu options. Any idea what is the reason? > > > > I tried removing the Network card and am able to boot and install FreeBSD > > successfully. If I shutdown and reboot everything is fine including > > keyboard. But when I try to boot with network card, it stops after a > > message something like "Mounting ....." and nothing works after this. Only > > option is to power off and remove the network card before power on. > > > > Then I checked the list of network cards supported by FreeBSD 4.2, and > > found that, 3COM 3C918 is not be supported. Please let me know if so, or > > guide me which version of FreeBSD supports this network card? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Thank you > > Venki > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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