freebsd stable - Nov 2003 - Dell Inspiron 1100 and FreeBSD

hi sirs,

i have one notebook from dell, inspiron 1100.  i would like to know if this
notebook can be used with freebsd or not.  it has on board broadcom nic.  but
the current os - linux TLE - does not `see' it also.

thanks in advance for any helps and hints.

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On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 17:59:14 +0700
pirat <pirat@access.inet.co.th> wrote:
> hi sirs,
> 
> i have one notebook from dell, inspiron 1100.  i would like to know if this
notebook can be used with freebsd or not.  it has on board broadcom nic.  but
the current os - linux TLE - does not `see' it also.
> 
> thanks in advance for any helps and hints.
> 
> -- 
> with best regards,
> psr
There is the driver for the NIC in the CURRENT.

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On Wednesday, 19 November 2003 at 17:59:14 +0700, pirat
wrote:
> hi sirs,
>
> i have one notebook from dell, inspiron 1100.  i would like to know
> if this notebook can be used with freebsd or not.  it has on board
> broadcom nic.  but the current os - linux TLE - does not `see' it
> also.
This is pretty much the same as the Inspiron 5100 I have.  The onboard
NIC is supported in stable, but I had some problems starting X: the
BIOS wasn't completely mapped, and I had to compile it in to the
server.  See http://www.lemis.com/grog/diary-jul2003.html#25 for more
details.

Greg
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