Re: need help choosing appropriate BSD distro

t2000kw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

I see an iso image on the file mirrors, but it's only 4.9 megabytes. I
doubt that it would have support to get me online with the wireless
card. Looks like another catch-22 situation here. Without net access,
I can't do the net install. Without the net install, I don't have
network card support.

Instead of all this hand wringing why not burn a copy of the install
CD, boot using the burned CD, and see if it supports your network card.
It may. It supports a lot. On the wireless side the install CD
supports

# Atheros AR5k (802.11a/b/g)
# ADMtek ADM8211 (802.11)
# WaveLAN IEEE 802.11DS
# Aironet IEEE 802.11DS
# Raylink Aviator2.4/Pro 802.11FH
# Ralink RT2500/RT2501/RT2600
# Realtek 8180

for the i386 (since you say laptop I assume you are running
i386).

I do have a USB Ethernet adapter, but if I could get it to work with
an install disk, I wouldn't want to end up with having to use it or go
to all that trouble and find out after all that I still can't use my
wireless card and then have to wipe out the BSD partition to either
try something else or reallocate the space for Windows.

Again, just try it. It takes maybe 30-45 seconds to boot the disk and the
dmesg will tell you if the network card is detected and supported. If
not then you've wasted less time than it took you to send the various
messages to usenet.

// marc
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