Installing on old Gateway E-3200

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bnorton916

Trying to install freebsd FreeBSD 9.0 using netinstall on an old E-3200 gateway. Things start up fine but it does not detect the network card (3Com 3C905B). I tried a second similar machine with the same issue.

What is the recommended way to proceed?

Thanks,

Bill
 
If I remember correctly aren't those Etherlink cards? They should be detected by the xl(4) driver.
 
That sounds correct, SirDice. But, how do I use this driver using the netinstall? Or should I just download the whole install disk and go from there?

Thanks,
Bill
 
bnorton916 said:
That sounds correct, SirDice. But, how do I use this driver using the netinstall? Or should I just download the whole install disk and go from there?

Thanks,
Bill
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Ah, I found another machine (different model), and everything worked fine.

Something with either FreeBSD 9, this network card, the netinstall, or a combination. Whatever it was I won't be finding out the answer anytime soon. :-)

Bill
 
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