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To: Garret R Spears <spearsg@gte.net>
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Subject: Re: Ethernet sis driver
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Garret R Spears wrote:

> I am having trouble with release 4.0, i386, setting up my Netgear
> FA311/FA312 network
> card.  I have determined that I need the sis(4) driver but 'am having
> trouble connecting
> with it thru sysinstall or any other means that i am aware of.  When I do
> either MAKEDEV sis0
> or MAKEDEV local sis0 I get "sis0 - no such device name".
> Where did I go wrong?  And how do I fix it?  My suspicion is that during
> installation I collapsed
> all networking to get rid of conflicts and as a result eliminated the SIS
> 900/7016 capability.


You have to add it to your kernel and make it and install it. I have a 
SiS-900 based onboard nic and it works.

Kent


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