Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 11:18:28 -0500 From: Pandurangi Venkatesh-AVP028 <venkatesh.pandurangi@motorola.com> To: Pandurangi Venkatesh-AVP028 <venkatesh.pandurangi@motorola.com>, "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Is this network card supported? Message-ID: <796456A0F96AD511A0AC009027B0F7412D07C1@IL27EXM08.cig.mot.com>
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Hello, Please help me to know, if this 3COM 3C918 Ethernet card is supported by FreeBSD. Your help is very much appreciated. Thanks Venki > -----Original Message----- > From: Pandurangi Venkatesh-AVP028 > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 9:48 AM > To: 'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG' > Subject: Is this network card supported? > > Hello, > > I have freeBSD 4.2. I tried to install it on my DELL laptop. This laptop > has 3COM 3C918 Network card. When I boot the laptop using freeBSD CD ROM, > it boots and brings up the installation menu. Then the keyboard does not > work to select any menu options. Any idea what is the reason? > > I tried removing the Network card and am able to boot and install FreeBSD > successfully. If I shutdown and reboot everything is fine including > keyboard. But when I try to boot with network card, it stops after a > message something like "Mounting ....." and nothing works after this. Only > option is to power off and remove the network card before power on. > > Then I checked the list of network cards supported by FreeBSD 4.2, and > found that, 3COM 3C918 is not be supported. Please let me know if so, or > guide me which version of FreeBSD supports this network card? > > Thanks in advance. > > Thank you > Venki To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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