From owner-freebsd-mobile Mon Jan 29 21:59:31 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com (cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com [24.13.23.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3352037B400 for ; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 21:59:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (bri@localhost) by cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f0U602B32195; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 22:00:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bri@sonicboom.org) Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 22:00:02 -0800 (PST) From: Brian X-Sender: bri@cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com To: "Ted J. Stein" Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dell Laptops and 3com CardBus Cards In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Word from others is that cardbus will work if youre will to be a little bleeding edge and follow the -current distro. otherwise, grab a 3com 3c589, which according to the freebsd hcl will work. Other options include Redhat, which supports my 3com cardbus 3ccfe575bt. Bri On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Ted J. Stein wrote: > Hi all, > First, let me extend my sincerest apologies for my earlier message > containing the word "subscribe". It's been at least three years since I've > participated in any of the FreeBSD mailing lists (let alone worked with > Majordomo at all), and I jumped the gun. > That being said, I was wondering if anyone has gotten FreeBSD to install > and run on a Dell Inspiron 5000. I include the all-important installation > process since other operating systems have failed during install. More > importantly, I have a 3com FEM656T - a CardBus card. I've been informed that > this will not work with the FreeBSD kernel. So, if FreeBSD will install, I'd > be more than willing to purchase a PCMCIA Ethernet card that would cooperate > with FreeBSD. Any suggestions as to what cards are best supported (and > cheapest)? Any information on either subjects is greatly appreciated. Please > note: the computer is an Inspiron 5000, _not_ a 5000e. > > Apologies and many thanks, > > Ted Stein > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message