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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!mr.net!nntp.earthlink.net!usenet From: Jason Fordham <jclf@interverse.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Kernel on Walnut Creek Disks... Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 13:55:21 -0800 Organization: Xenu Liberation Front Lines: 28 Message-ID: <32922CC8.53CC@interverse.com> References: <3290E8FE.7DA7@mail.csra.net> Reply-To: jclf@interverse.com NNTP-Posting-Host: anwaya.earthlink.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I) Sam Brown wrote: > > Okay... colour me dim, but i didn't install the kernel sources when i > first put FreeBSD on my system. Now, come time i want to recompile my > kernel for de0 network card support, i can't find the sources anywhere, > on CD or off. Someone who knows the system better than i, advice? > I'm also going to need the legendary FDDI card drivers, so if you know > where to find those, I could use the info as well... > S. > escher@csra.net I assume you're using the DEC DEFPA PCI chipset FDDI cards... very nice indeed, _if_ you have the right revision of the card. There are versions that can kill your box. Check with your vendor, or just suck it and see. I had four cards that were the wrong revision, and DEC were very good about exchanging them. I was duly impressed. Another bit of information you may find useful is that there is a one-man company in San Jose called Giraffe Systems that makes a cute little box that does an FDDI to CDDI conversion. That way, you can use fiber for long runs and cheap copper cable for the local net. The model number is FTC002: and yes, that does mean Fiber To Copper revision 2. I checked. I'm sorry I can't provide you with any more details than this. I hope this helps. Jason Fordham