From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 3 21:55:45 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from we-24-130-53-144.we.mediaone.net (we-24-130-53-144.we.mediaone.net [24.130.53.144]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3679637BA72 for ; Mon, 3 Jul 2000 21:55:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@we-24-130-53-144.we.mediaone.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by we-24-130-53-144.we.mediaone.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA09642; Mon, 3 Jul 2000 21:55:42 -0400 Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 21:55:42 -0400 Message-Id: <200007040155.VAA09642@we-24-130-53-144.we.mediaone.net> From: donc@compsvcs.com (Don Cohen) To: questions@FreeBSD.org Cc: donc@compsvcs.com Subject: problems installing freebsd Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm trying to install on a laptop, a Dell Inspiron 5000. I got past the first problem, which is that the space I had reserved for the install was a logical partition inside an extended partition and freebsd was not willing to look inside that. Now it appears that my network card is not recognized. I got a 3com card cause I thought it would be most universally accepted. It's a model 3CCFE575CT-D. I don't see it in the list. Is there some place to find new drivers? I suppose that even if it is supported soon I won't be able to use it to install. So the alternatives seem to be cd or disk. It's not clear to me how to use the disk option. My partitions are - a small linux boot partition (not big enough) - an extended partition containing linux partitions - a suspend/resume partition. If I download to one of my linux partitions can I use that in the install? How? It says to enter a path. If the extended partition isad0s2 and in linux I put the stuff in /foo then what do I type there? Or do I just have to get the CD? And then a new network card too? Thanks. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message