From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 26 20:46:13 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED08816A4CE for ; Mon, 26 Jul 2004 20:46:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sage.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48EE043D46 for ; Mon, 26 Jul 2004 20:46:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao [10.0.0.247]) by sage.thought.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i6QKkAtG053627; Mon, 26 Jul 2004 13:46:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by thought.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i6QKk8Q5097003; Mon, 26 Jul 2004 13:46:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i6QKk6LX097002; Mon, 26 Jul 2004 13:46:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 13:46:06 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Wojciech Puchar Message-ID: <20040726204606.GB96834@tao.thought.org> References: <20040726193842.GA96788@tao.thought.org> <20040726221617.E72176@chylonia.3miasto.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040726221617.E72176@chylonia.3miasto.net> X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing 17 years of service to the Unix community User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: wrong Xircom card?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 20:46:14 -0000 On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 10:16:58PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > I'm trying a net/ftp install of 4.8 on my Thinkpad. The > > laptop didn't come with a builtin NIC so I bought a > > Xircom 10/100 card. (I'm using the IBM UBS to CAT5 connector.) > > The floppy install puts up /stand/sysinstall nicely, but when > > I goto the network sections I eventually see only SLIP or PPP > > as options. > > > install kernel just didn't load this driver. > > i'm not sure now, but when booting in boot menu there is option for > booting with PCMCIA support, but it's not default choice there was one screen that mentioned the cards. gave 4 address ranges for the card; i toook the default of 0x0000. anybody else on-list have the xircom card working? i'd be only too pleased if i'm missing some magic incantation rather than having bought the wrong card... thanks, and if anyone else has insights, i'd be much obliged to hear! gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix