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Date:      Mon, 13 Nov 2000 21:04:58 +0800
From:      "James Lim" <jameslpin@pacific.net.sg>
To:        "HXL" <hxl@cumt.edu.cn>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Emergcy! Consult!
Message-ID:  <000b01c04d72$54ae6660$2e189cca@sleipnir>
References:  <004501c04d6b$453deea0$f6c877ca@nc.cumt.edu.cn>

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Hi there,

            It seems that the closest card that is supported in 4.1.1 =
will be the following:

AMD PCnet/PCI (79c970 & 53c974 or 79c974)

I am not sure whether the others have managed to get 79c975 working, but =
actually is it possible to change the card?

Regards,
James Lim
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: HXL=20
  To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20
  Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 8:14 PM
  Subject: Emergcy! Consult!


  Dear freeBSD managers:
      This is Xuzhou city,jiangsu province,China,computer network =
center.We have just bought four IBM netfinity PC server,and they have =
alreay plug in fixed NIC(AMD's 10/100M Ethernet card,AM79C975),but these =
cards do not support FreeBSD.After getting the latest version of =
FreeBSD(4.1.1) and installed,we find that the machine still support the =
NIC. We have consulted IBM and AMD,and there is no results,please give =
us some advices! emergcy! thanks you very mcuh.=20
                   Sincerely yours=20
                          houxiaoli

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi there,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It seems that the closest card that is supported in =
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will be the following:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>AMD PCnet/PCI (79c970 &amp; 53c974 or 79c974)</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I am not sure whether the others have =
managed to=20
get 79c975 working, but actually is it possible to change the=20
card?</FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>James Lim</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>=20
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
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  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 13, 2000 =
8:14=20
  PM</DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Emergcy! =
Consult!</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>
  <DIV>
  <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Dear freeBSD =
managers:</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This is Xuzhou =
city,jiangsu=20
  province,China,computer network center.We have just bought four IBM =
netfinity=20
  PC server,and they </FONT><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>have alreay =
plug in fixed=20
  NIC(AMD's 10/100M Ethernet card,AM79C975),but these </FONT><FONT =
color=3D#000000=20
  size=3D2>cards do not support FreeBSD.After getting the latest version =
of=20
  FreeBSD(4.1.1) and installed,we find that the machine still support =
the NIC.=20
  We have consulted IBM and AMD,and there is no results,please give us =
some=20
  advices! emergcy! thanks you very mcuh.&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
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  =
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  Sincerely yours </FONT></DIV>
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