Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 09:47:14 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: knowtree@aloha.com Cc: James Shaw <jashaw@san.rr.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ethernet card support under FreeBSD Message-ID: <19980209094714.28512@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <34DD912A.4230@aloha.com>; from Gary Dunn on Sun, Feb 08, 1998 at 01:04:11AM -1000 References: <34DC34F4.7F61F9B7@san.rr.com> <19980208100215.12076@freebie.lemis.com> <34DD912A.4230@aloha.com>
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On Sun, 8 February 1998 at 1:04:11 -1000, Gary Dunn wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: >> >> On Sat, 7 February 1998 at 2:18:28 -0800, James Shaw wrote: >>> I have a sohoware fast 10/100 auto pci fast ethernet adapter (NE >>> 100TX-E). Can it be used under FreeBSD? >> >> Maybe. >> > > [snip] > >> If you have FreeBSD up and running, you could put the [NIC] board in the >> machine and see if the system recognizes it. If you do this, make >> sure the board is set to its default values. >> >> If you still can't make anything out of it, tell us what's written on >> the larger chips. >> >> Greg > > Another approach to this is to install the board in a system that > supports the board's installation program (DOS, win95), run it and write > down the pertinent details -- i/o port, irq number, memory window (not > all boards use 'em all). Then, if FreeBSD's installer does not see the > board you can modify it's settings to match your board's. If you know what kind of board it is, fine. But each board has different settings, so what are you going to set it to? The best is to set it to the default settings, which FreeBSD almost always supports. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe questions" in the body of the message
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