Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 14:13:26 +0930 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to select media for PCMIA combo network card? Message-ID: <199709170443.OAA00639@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 16 Sep 1997 20:59:58 MST." <199709170359.UAA06799@austin.polstra.com>
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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
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