Xircom Credit Card probs - 4.7 installation from CDROM set on HP OmniBookXe2

Stacey Roberts <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile
Message-ID <1050265340.41786.42.camel@localhost>
Hello,
     I'm attempting to install 4.7 Rel from the CDROM set I got from
BSDMall on an HP OmniBook XE2. I have a Xircom Credit Card CE3B-10/100
16Bit pcmcia card inserted to slot 2.

This is my first time installing FreeBSD to a laptop, so I'll try to
provide as much info as I can.

I get asked the question "PC-Card device detected, do you want to use
the pc-card device as the installation media?" early during the
installation, to which I respond by selecting "No" - as I'm installing
from CDROM, and not performing a network installation.

I go through what appears to be the regular server / pc installation
procedures, but when I get to the network configuration part, my pcmcia
nic isn't listed amongst the devices shown (which are ppp, slip & sio).

Normally with a server / pc installation, my pci nic would be there, and
I'd have the opportunity to configure it there and then. 

Is this not supposed to be the same for laptops? 
Have I missed a step earlier on? If so, what should I have selected /
come across before this stage?
If not, at what point does the pcmcia network configuration come into
play?

If there's any further info I get provide, please let me know. I'd
appreciate any help, pointers or links to a how-to, if it comes to that.

Thanks.

Regards,

Stacey
-- 
Stacey Roberts
B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science

Web: www.vickiandstacey.com


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