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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!sgigate.sgi.com!mr.net!news2.cais.net!news.cais.net!van-bc!van.istar!ott.istar!istar.net!news.nstn.ca!coranto.ucs.mun.ca!news.unb.ca!agate.nbnet.nb.ca!news From: cavenerl@nbnet.nb.ca (Lance Cavener) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Compaq PROSIGNA 300? Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1996 10:37:13 GMT Organization: VSi Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4pu3r5$oa1@agate.nbnet.nb.ca> References: <tsohmon72t.fsf@pousm.po.usbw> <31C0B611.24663B4E@lambert.org> Reply-To: cavenerl@nbnet.nb.ca NNTP-Posting-Host: mctnts03c03.nbnet.nb.ca X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> wrote: >C Goellner wrote: >] >] I was thinking about putting BSDI on a Compaq PROSIGNA 300 but before >] I did I thought I would ask here. My concern is with the onboard >] ethernet card. I think it is an AMD chipset which isn't on the >] hardware list. >This is the AMD PCNET ? >It's a LANCE chipset. >You will have to consult the configuration disks that come with >the machine for where it lives, it's IRQ, etc.. >If BSDI supports LANCE, it supports this chip. Terry, its not a matter of if BSDI supports the chipset or not, its a matter if the Compaq BIOS will ALLOW BSDI to ACCESS the card, and it will not. Read my original post. Lance