FreeBSD-9.1 would not boot on pentium3 laptop

[Mikhail T.]

On 06.02.2013 01:24, Mikhail T. wrote:
> Now, if only I could figure out, why my network card (3COM's 3C556 
> Mini PCI) is not seen by the 9.1...
Disabling "Wake on LAN" in the BIOS solved this problem. Now xl0 is seen 
and functional. Solved.

I struggle to understand, how a less seasoned user could be expected to 
figure these two issues out...

    -mi