Subject: Re: Install current via PCMCIA card network adaptor & FTP?
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Peter Seebach <seebs@plethora.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 03/28/2000 17:10:33
In message <Pine.BSI.4.05L.10003281500500.1532-100000@NameServer.Culver.Net>, M
ike Cheponis writes:
>I have an IBM 770, a 25 Gig IBM Travelstar disk, and would like to load
>NetBSD via FTP using a Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10 pcmcia adaptor.

>Is this possible?

It should be.

>I didn't see anything in the archives that mentioned this Xircom product,
>nor have I ever seen how to enable pcmcia devices before configuring the
>network to fetch the distribution.

You shouldn't have to do anything special, if it's a supported adapter.  If
it's not, you'll need to borrow a supported one for the install.

-s