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Date:      Wed, 1 Aug 2001 22:08:38 -0700
From:      "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
To:        "Matt Wolanski" <mattwolanski@mac.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: FreeBSD, VirtualPC and ethernet.
Message-ID:  <002101c11b11$30bbe9e0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
In-Reply-To: <B78D9B62.77CE%mattwolanski@mac.com>

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Intel bought this chip from DEC and mucked with it, there have been
reports on the list that the later Intel chips are flaky.  You might
try adding on to PR 7767.

Most people with problems seem to have just rounded up a NE2000
compatible card and replaced these cards with it.

Ted Mittelstaedt                                       tedm@toybox.placo.com
Author of:                           The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide
Book website:                          http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com


>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Matt Wolanski
>Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 8:41 AM
>To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>Subject: FreeBSD, VirtualPC and ethernet.
>
>
>I have installed FreeBSD 4.2 under VirtualPC 4.02 on Mac OS 9.1.
>Everything in the install went very smoothly except configuration of the
>ethernet device. The installer does not auto-detect the ethernet connection.
>Under Windows 2000, VirtualPC shows the ethernet device as Intel 21041 PCI.
>The closest thing to this I can find on the supported devices list is a
>DEC21041. I would use this one except that on the installation screen where
>such options are selected the DEC does not seem to be there or I am not
>expanding the list properly somehow.
>
>If anyone has info on how to get FreeBSD under VirtualPC to recognize the
>ethernet device I would appreciate it.
>
>I hadn't seen any indication that the supported devices list is much
>different under 4.3, but perhaps I wasn't looking in the correct area.
>-- 
>Matt Wolanski
>
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