Subject: Re: Xircom CardBus 10/100+56K 32bit support?
To: Stephen Brown <munkay@coolfactor.org>
From: dr4ma <drama@slakin.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 12/13/2001 06:25:34
Thank you!
btw, do you know if any other BSD's have support? or if 32Bit cardbus has
been ported to FreeBSD?
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dr4ma
drama@slakin.net
http://www.slakin.net
On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Stephen Brown wrote:
> > I am wondering if this card is supported by NetBSD or if their is even
> > 32Bit CardBus support.
>
> NetBSD does have 32bit CardBus support - using it here. However, it is
> not included in the GENERIC kernel by default.
>
> I am assuming you are installing on i386 platform? If so, here's some
> things to try if you haven't already...
>
> There are installation floppy discs with Cardbus support available as
> images on the netbsd ftp site, though I cannot personally tell you whether
> there is support for your combined network card and modem. I'd be
> surprised if there wasn't though.
>
> The url for getting the files you need to create the floppy discs is:
>
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.5.2/i386/installation/floppy/
>
> In NetBSD, you can create these floppies using the line...
>
> dd if=image_name of=/dev/rfd0a
>
> In windows, you can use the utilities available in:
>
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.5.2/i386/installation/misc/
>
> If that doesn't help, chances are you will need a custom install floppy
> image created, as well as a customised running kernel, and I cannot help
> with that unfortunately, but someone in here most certainly will be able,
> as it is here I managed to get my laptop up and running.
>
> Good luck!
>