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Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 23:25:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Troi Eisler <teisler@istar.ca>
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Subject: Re: 3Com 3c589D Ethernet Card
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On Mon, 18 Aug 1997, Troi Eisler wrote:

> Hi.  I just purchased FreeBSD 2.2.2 and, while trying to install it,
> found in the HARDWARE.TXT file on the CDROM the the 3C589D card I just
> bought is not supported.  There is also a mention about some new driver
> support comming up and would like to know what you would suggest on
> methods I could use to install my new operating system.  As you could
> expect it is a laptop and therefore has either a floppy or a CDROM
> installed at any one time and was planning to install FreeBSD over my
> network.  I do have, however, a JAZ drive connected to an Adaptec 1460
> (recognized as a 1520) SCSI adapter.  Could this be a posible way to
> perform the install?

Contact http://www.jp.freebsd.org/PAO/.  This is a modified version of the
FreeBSD installer that recognizes many PCCARD devices.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
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