From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 8 03:05:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA08851 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 8 Feb 1998 03:05:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.aloha.com (root@leahi.aloha.com [206.127.224.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA08814 for ; Sun, 8 Feb 1998 03:04:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from knowtree@aloha.com) Received: from 209.84.67.32 (behemoth1-30.pixi.net [209.84.67.32]) by mail.aloha.com (8.8.7/8.8.7/PIXI-5.2) with SMTP id BAA10823; Sun, 8 Feb 1998 01:04:26 -1000 (HST) Message-ID: <34DD912A.4230@aloha.com> Date: Sun, 08 Feb 1998 01:04:11 -1000 From: Gary Dunn Reply-To: knowtree@aloha.com Organization: Knowledge Tree X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Macintosh; I; 68K) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg Lehey CC: James Shaw , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ethernet card support under FreeBSD References: <34DC34F4.7F61F9B7@san.rr.com> <19980208100215.12076@freebie.lemis.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. -- Gary Dunn Knowledge Tree Honolulu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe questions" in the body of the message