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Subject: Re: How to select media for PCMIA combo network card? 
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From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
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> 
> OK, but it shouldn't matter, should it? 

No, it shouldn't.

> The reason I tried it
> manually is because I wanted to make sure it would work before
> committing to the FreeBSD installation.  I didn't want it to wipe out
> the Windows 95 installation that came on the system if it was going to
> fail, since I might need Windows 95 temporarily in order to run the
> card setup software and make it work.

Gotcha.  So much notebook stuff is W96-dependant that I tend to leave 
at least a minimal W95 partition on the disk.  Call me a traitor.

> Yes, there's a setup program that you're supposed to boot under DOS to
> install drivers for Windows 95.  There's also a program for selecting
> the media.  But it won't run because it's not finding the right
> drivers.  I guess I have to do the Windows 95 setup for it first.  I
> was trying to avoid that because it's a 12-step process that took them
> two pages to describe.

Shit.  What a mess.

> It says on the box that the card "automatically senses media type
> and polarity" but that's obviously not quite 100% true. :-(

Particularly if there's "a program for selecting the media".  Maybe 
there's an "auto" mode?

mike