Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 11:52:14 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Cody Baker <cody@spintime.org> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Thinkpad 600E and 5.2 Message-ID: <20040728185214.GA65844@tao.thought.org> In-Reply-To: <4107F065.4000100@spintime.org> References: <20040728051622.GA32519@tao.thought.org> <00f701c47468$517e0290$0400a8c0@victor> <20040728170650.GA65532@tao.thought.org> <4107E095.2000605@spintime.org> <20040728175150.GC65532@tao.thought.org> <4107F065.4000100@spintime.org>
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On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 02:28:53PM -0400, Cody Baker wrote: > Installing 5.2.1 was not a problem from CD-ROM, went very smoothly. Maybe it's something with my media. I'll 2-check. > > Gary, I got a bounce when i tried to reply directly to you. > Can you send the bounce to me at kline@magnesium.net, if you still have it? I'll check my maillog on NS1.THOUGHT.ORG. This's happened too ofen. thans, gary > > > Gary Kline wrote: > > >On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 01:21:25PM -0400, Cody Baker wrote: > > > > > >>I have a Thinkpad 770e (PII 266) with one of the Linksys PCMPC100 > >>cards. It does work well in FreeBSD 4.10-stable. Do realize that you > >>won't be able to realize true 100MB performance from one of these 16bit > >>cards. While we're on the subject though, I can't get anything to work > >>in 5.2.1. I continually get these watchdog timeout errors, be it a > >>Cardbus card, or a 16bit card like the Linksys. I'm planning on tossing > >>-current on it this weekend to see if the problem has already been > >>solved there. If anyone has any thoughts I'd appreciate them. > >> > >>Thank You, > >> > >>Cody Baker > >>cody@spintime.org > >>330.934.0659 > >> > >> > >> > > > > Hmm. Well, if the 770e series iis just an "older version" > > of the 600E, then it looks like thw Linksys PCMPC100 is > > the way to fly. --100Mb performance isn't that important. > > I just finally upgraded my nework from 10 -> 10/100 after > > years of working at 10. So long as I'll be able to so > > -ports cvsups or stable- cvsups, and share data, speed > > isn't a factor. I'll have time for a brew:-) > > > > Would you kindly keep me posted re your progress with your > > experiments? And how did you manage to get 5.2 installed > > of your Thinkpad? CDROM? My 5.2.1 CDROM's are months old > > but the install disk traps... (?) > > > > gary > > > > > > > > > >>Gary Kline wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 10:01:26AM +0400, Victor Bratsev wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>You should look at HARDWARE.txt for devices that work with freebsd or > >>>>ask > >>>>about specific device, maybe somebody is using it. > >>>> > >>>>I've got TP600E with Xircom RE-100 (with some unresolved issues) under > >>>>4.7-R > >>>>and 4.10-R > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> (Can you describe what your "unresolved issues" are?)... . > >>> > >>> Good points. It seems to me that any NIC card that works on > >>> a laptop should work on a Thinkppad. I'm looking at the > >>> 3Com type cards and anything that uses the DEC/Intel 21143 > >>> chipset/logic. The Linksys cards have workrd flawlessly > >>> on four of my tower systems. > >>> > >>> According to the 4.8R HARDWARE.txt list there is: > >>> > >>> * Linksys EC2T/PCMPC100/PCM100, PCMLM56, EtherFast 10/100 PC Card, > >>> Combo PCMCIA Ethernet Card (PCMPC100 V2) > >>> > >>> If anyone on -mobile has one of these on 4.8 or later > >>> I'll try one of these. > >>> > >>> Anybody?? > >>> > >>> thanks much, > >>> > >>> gary > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>----- Original Message ----- > >>>>From: "Gary Kline" <kline@tao.thought.org> > >>>>To: "FreeBSD Mobile Mailing List" <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> > >>>>Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 9:16 AM > >>>>Subject: Thinkpad 600E and 5.2 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>Folks, > >>>>> > >>>>>Many months ago I tried a floppy install of 5.3 on my > >>>>>HP Kayak. It poisoned. A few hours ago today I downloaded > >>>>>the latest 5.2 floppy set nd booted my ThinkPad 600E. > >>>>>The boot *did* see my Xircom Ethernet II adaptor, but the > >>>>>kernel poisoned and rebooted after 15 seconds. > >>>>> > >>>>>Eventually I will be able to use the Xircom. But for now > >>>>>it's time to go back to old, STABLE 4.8. Soooo, nutshell, > >>>>>what cards will work with my ISDL CAT5 cable in 4.8? I'd like > >>>>>the name and model and any other id regarding the card so > >>>>>that I get it right next time. > >>>>> > >>>>>Thanks in advance, guys, > >>>>> > >>>>>gary > >>>>> > >>>>>-- > >>>>>Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>Unix > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>>freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > >>>>>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > >>>>>To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >>>>>"freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > >>>>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > >>>>To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >>>>"freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >> > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix
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