Thinkpad 600E with Xircom ethernet adaptor
    Gary Kline 
    kline at tao.thought.org
       
    Tue Jul 27 15:36:10 PDT 2004
    
    
  
On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 06:52:22PM +0000, Joshua Colp wrote:
> Hello, Gary
> 
> FreeBSD 4 doesn't support cardbus and your Xircom card probably uses it. Thus, 
> you'll have to install FreeBSD 5 if you want to use it. (I had the same 
> problem with my 3Com NIC).
> 
> - Joshua Colp.
> 
	Hm.  The last time I did a // tried a floppy install of 5.2, the 
	istall (on one of my tower servers) hung up.   I'll try with 
	the (hopefully new!) 5.2 floppies; maybe they work by now.
	--what PCMCIA cards do work with 4.8? and the Thinkpad, &c.
	thanks much!
	gary
	PS: the card does say "card bus"... .
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