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Date:      Wed, 15 Mar 2006 04:03:37 +1100
From:      Shane J Pearson <shanejp@netspace.net.au>
To:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Sony VGN-A49GP FreeBSD 6.0 RELEASE dies during install.
Message-ID:  <5F6FE52A-3A20-4FF1-800D-B2066E19482F@netspace.net.au>
In-Reply-To: <E71671AC-20DD-4A3D-BFD6-AAEE069F58B7@netspace.net.au>

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Hello all,

On 2005.11.06, at 3:09 PM, Shane J Pearson wrote:

> I have a Sony VGN-A49GP notebook which was running FreeBSD 5.4 RELEASE
> nicely, however I have tried to install 6.0 RELEASE without any luck.
> It seems from looking at the dmesg that there might be a problem with
> the IDE controller attached to the hard disk. It keeps de-attaching  
> the
> disk and the installer complains there is no disk.
>
> 5.4 reported the disk at ad4 as being UDMA33, yet 6.0 reports SATA150.

Just a follow-up to my problems with FreeBSD 6 and this Sony, for  
anyone else with this machine, or wanting this model. FreeBSD 6.1  
BETA3 seems to install just fine.


Shane



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