Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 11:02:52 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Bill Sirinek <sirinek@enteract.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installing freebsd on my laptop with a cardbus network card Message-ID: <20020214190252.ACCE45D0C@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 14 Feb 2002 12:39:47 CST." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0202141233440.82999-100000@shell-1.enteract.com>
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> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 12:39:47 -0600 (CST) > From: Bill Sirinek <sirinek@enteract.com> > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG > > > I have an older Dell Inspiron 3200 laptop and a 3COM 3C3FE575CT card (I > guess 3c575?) 32-bit cardbus network card. > > I've done a lot of searching online for information about freebsd support > for this card and supposedly its only supported in 5.0. > > So with that information in hand, I downloaded and created kernel/root > floppies with 5.0-20020214-CURRENT and tried to install, but my card does > not show up. When I am prompted in the install about network device > information, I am only offered sl0 and ppp0. > > As a side note, I thought IRQ conflicts might cause a problem, so I > disabled the parallel port (IRQ7), IRQ3 (2nd serial) and the infrared port > in BIOS, as well as forced the internal sound to IRQ5 and the serial port > (com1) to IRQ4. I left the "PNPOS" question in BIOS set to "Yes". > > Any clues on how I can do a network install with this card in the CURRENT > version of FreeBSD? :) Short, quick answer: You need to build a NEWCARD kernel for CardBus support in current. Read the documentation on NEWCARD. It is very different. For a longer answer, you will need to hear from someone else as I am not running current right now and it changes quickly enough that any details I provide would be inaccurate. Be sure that you have read the Handbook, Chapter 19 on "The Cutting Edge". R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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