Re: IBM Workpad Z50

[D Walton <walton.david%sky.com@localhost>]

Hi Martin

I managed to download the full NetBSD 7.1 install using this card via FTP.

If you can advise how I can boot my IBM Workpad into NetBSD from the pdsboot.exe file and what I need to type in will be happy to run dmesg.

When I run Network configure it identifies it as wi0 with the NetBSD 7.1 installer.

I tried NetBSD 9.1 but it just said no network devices where recognisable.

Regards
David

> On 7 May 2021, at 12:51, Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, May 07, 2021 at 11:17:35AM +0100, D Walton wrote:
>> ?I managed to install NetBSD 7.1 it recognised my Linksys WPC11 V3 16 bit PCMCIA card with the wi0 driver.
> 
> Since you did not provide details, I am guessing:
> 
> product LINKSYS2 IWN3           0x1613 Instant Wireless Network PC Card, Versin 3
> 
> ... which is still supported (by wi(4)) in netbsd-9.
> 
>> 2. The Wifi card is not recognised in the NetBSD 9 build.
> 
> Without more details (e.g. the output of the "dmesg" command from the
> netbsd-9 boot) we can not really help here. Maybe the pcmcia adapter
> has not been recognized? So the problem would not be the wifi card, but
> any PC card would not work. Do you have any others to try? After booting
> the -9 installer and exiting to a shell, does the machine show any messages
> if you unplug or plug a PC card?
> 
> Martin