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Date:      Wed, 5 Feb 2003 22:56:27 -0500 (EST)
From:      Michael Graffam <mgraffam@mathlab.sunysb.edu>
To:        "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: PCMCIA NIC for use w/ FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.4.44.0302052249540.21886-100000@SunRa.mathlab.sunysb.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20030206033432.GM72435@wantadilla.lemis.com>

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On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:

> Hmm, this could be a simple problem to solve.  What version of FreeBSD
> are you using?

None yet :(

I'm trying to install 5.0 -- but I'd settle for 4.x

> What appears in dmesg and /var/log/messages?

I don't think these are around in install floppy image, but I'll make up
a new floppy set and see.

> > I suspect that *BSD would work if it correctly identified the card as NE2K
> > compatible and just tried to do it.
>
> We call it FreeBSD or BSD, not *BSD.

Well, I meant the entire BSD family {Net,Open,Free}BSD -- none of them
actually work; though all notice the card is there, they just don't know
what driver to use.

Granted, though -- I should have said "them" and not "it."

> > Any way I can force that?
>
> Depends on the version you're running.  I suspect I know a way if
> you're running 4.x.

I'll try 4.x if it'll help.



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