Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 15:39:22 -0700 From: "Doug Wilson" <want_2_learn_freebsd@hotmail.com> To: "Dru" <genisis@istar.ca> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: please help with pcmcia nic... Message-ID: <DAV48txc1o8yfogkJXr00000d9b@hotmail.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104151829490.16442-100000@istar.ca>
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Hi Dru, I could not find any reference to PnP OS in the Bios. I assume that's plug-n-play? Anyway, I have a PhoenixBIOS and the closest thing to your reference was "Installed O/S:" with the choices of Win95 or Other. It was set to Other. Which should it be? Doug. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dru" <genisis@istar.ca> To: "Doug Wilson" <want_2_learn_freebsd@hotmail.com> > > Hi Doug, > > Is Pnp OS off in your BIOS? > > Dru > > > On Sun, 15 Apr 2001, Doug Wilson wrote: > > > Hi list. > > > > I have a laptop running FreeBSD 4.2 Release. It has a 3Com Megahertz Model > > 3CCFE575BT 10/100 Base-TX PCMCIA which I bought a few weeks ago. > > > > Windows of course sees the card, and I'm online there. Redhat, and Debian > > brands of Linux see the nic. But FreeBSD doesn't not! > > > > I am totally lost!!! > > > > I did try to add to the kernel: > > > > zp #3com PCMCIA Etherlink III (I got this from "The Complete FreeBSD"). > > > > But conf said that zp was invalid. > > > > I have searched long and hard for support--I have also searched for any info > > about another pcmcia nic card that FreeBSD supports, but nothing--just that > > obscure reference in that book that was invalid. (I can return the 3Com, > > but for what? Another pcmcia card that is not supported?) > > > > Does anyone got any ideas? I'd really like to get it working. > > Doug. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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