Dell Inspiron 1100 and FreeBSD

[pirat]

On Thursday, 20 November 2003 at 12:07:37 +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 12:07:37 +1030
> From: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog at FreeBSD.org>
> To: pirat <pirat at access.inet.co.th>
> Cc: freebsd-stable at FreeBSD.org
> Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 1100 and FreeBSD
> 
> 
> On Wednesday, 19 November 2003 at 17:59:14 +0700, pirat wrote:
> > hi sirs,
> >
> > i have one notebook from dell, inspiron 1100.  i would like to know
> > if this notebook can be used with freebsd or not.  it has on board
> > broadcom nic.  but the current os - linux TLE - does not `see' it
> > also.
> 
> This is pretty much the same as the Inspiron 5100 I have.  The onboard
> NIC is supported in stable, but I had some problems starting X: the
> BIOS wasn't completely mapped, and I had to compile it in to the
> server.  See http://www.lemis.com/grog/diary-jul2003.html#25 for more
> details.
> 
hi sirs,

after looking for many archives and asking Duncan i found that bcm4400 
in Inspiron 1100 is bfe not bge.  yesterday, i had a chance to install 5.1 on 
my inspiron but 5.1 still did not 'see' that nic :(  also touch pad.

any helps please.



with best regards,
psr

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