Unsupported 3Com NIC? (<dsl Was>: Question)

[Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.]

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.