Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 21:27:19 -0500 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: A W <altonwong78@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unsupported 3Com NIC? (<dsl Was>: Question) Message-ID: <4133E207.2000606@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <BAY1-F19TS0aWrz4ePp0004de21@hotmail.com> References: <BAY1-F19TS0aWrz4ePp0004de21@hotmail.com>
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A W wrote: > Hello, > > i am attempting to try FreeBsd on a very old computer, > unfortunatly it does not have any cd drive. And i do not know > which files to install. Leaving me with only 1 choice to use > FTP servers but the problem is the version of FreeBsd that > i've tried does not support the network card i have on the > computer which is a "3Com Etherlink III ISA (3C509b-TPO) > in PnP mode" i would like to know which versions of FreeBsd > supports this network card. > > Thank you Hi, "Alton"... 3Com cards almost always use the 'xl' driver, which is built into the kernel and enabled by default. How do you know/how did you determine that your card is unsupported? Kevin Kinsey DaleCo, S.P.
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