wrong Xircom card??

[Gary Kline]

On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 04:56:00PM -0500, Hauan, David wrote:
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gary Kline [mailto:kline at tao.thought.org]
> > Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 1:46 PM
> > To: Wojciech Puchar
> > Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: wrong Xircom card??
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 10:16:58PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> > > > 	I'm trying a net/ftp install of 4.8 on my Thinkpad.  The
> > > > 	laptop didn't come with a builtin NIC so I bought a
> > > > 	Xircom 10/100 card.  (I'm using the IBM UBS to CAT5 connector.)
> > > > 	The floppy install puts up /stand/sysinstall nicely, but when
> > > > 	I goto the network sections I eventually see only SLIP or PPP
> > > > 	as options.
> > > >
> > > install kernel just didn't load this driver.
> > > 
> > > i'm not sure now, but when booting in boot menu there is option for
> > > booting with PCMCIA support, but it's not default choice
> > 
> > 
> > 	there was one screen that mentioned the cards.  gave 4
> > 	address ranges for the card; i toook the default of 0x0000.
> > 
> > 	anybody else on-list have the xircom card working?  i'd
> > 	be only too pleased if i'm missing some magic incantation
> > 	rather than having  bought the wrong card...
> > 
> > 	thanks, and if anyone else has insights, i'd be much obliged
> > 	to hear!
> > 
> > 	gary
> Do as above and select irq 3 from the
> next screen.  That worked for my wireless
> card.
> 

	will try, thanks.  i believe i chose irq 11.  

	gary

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