From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Nov 28 10: 5:57 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0814737B404 for ; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 10:05:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from precipice.4gh.net (washdc3-ar2-4-64-016-042.washdc3.elnk.dsl.genuity.net [4.64.16.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB00843E9C for ; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 10:05:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stuartb@4gh.net) Received: from localhost (stuartb@localhost) by precipice.4gh.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id gASI5le82088; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 13:05:48 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from stuartb@4gh.net) Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 13:05:46 -0500 (EST) From: Stuart Barkley To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: David Barbero , Subject: Re: Toshiba 1901-S301 and problems installing 5.0 dp2 In-Reply-To: <53249.213.201.2.34.1038496629.squirrel@webmail.loquefaltaba.com> Message-ID: <20021128125211.C80502-100000@precipice.4gh.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 28 Nov 2002 at 16:17 +0100, David Barbero wrote: > Mmm, the compile a new kernel in other machine is dificult if they > no is a FreeBSD 5.0, but you can prove to compile in a other machine > with a 4.7 release. > > To create a floppy with the new kernel: > sico#: vnconfig /dev/vn0c /path/to/kern.flp > sico#: mount /dev/vn0c /mnt > sico#: rm /mnt/kernel.gz > sico#: gzip -9 /sys/compile/YOUR_KERNEL/kernel > sico#: cp /sys/compile/YOUR_KERNEL/kernel.gz /mnt > sico#: umount /mnt > sico#: dd if=/path/to/kern.flp of=/dev/fd0 > > and only need start the instalation with the new kern floppy, if all > it's correct, the sysinstall run, don't hang the machine. This procedure will boot the installation process with the new kernel, but will still install the old kernel. You also need to copy the new kernel onto the mfsroot floppy following a procedure similar to the above (note that the mfsroot image is gzip compressed so you may need to gunzip/gzip the image around the vnconfig process. The better solution which I think was already mentioned is to disable eisa support in the kernel at boot time. From my web page describing my experiences with the Toshiba 1005-S157: You can boot from the standard installation CDs if you disable probing of the eisa bus. To do this go into command line configuration and give the command "eisa 0". Once you have installed the OS, remove the "device eisa" from your kernel configuration, rebuild and reinstall the kernel. Booting [kernel] in 10 seconds... [press space key] ok boot -c [...boot messages...] config> eisa 0 config> quit The system should now boot up correctly. Don't forget to build and install a new kernel. You may find you also need my mouse driver patch to make your touchpad work. See: http://www.4gh.net/hints/toshiba/satellite1005-s157.html This information applies to FreeBSD 4.7. I have not tried any 5.0 version on this laptop yet. Stuart -- I've never been lost; I was once bewildered for three days, but never lost! -- Daniel Boone To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message