Date: Sat, 6 Sep 1997 15:02:02 From: David Herron <davidh@crl.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Installing via PCMCIA/SCSI CDROM Message-ID: <199709062206.PAA06653@proxy4.ba.best.com>
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HI.. I just got the FreeBSD 2.2.1 from Walnut Creek and am intending to install on my old laptop computer that's too slow and limited to run Win95 on but is just fine and dandy for a Unix OS. Says something about Windows doesn't it ;-) ... Anyway I am using the boot-pao.flp that's on the CDROM. During the boot process it does see the PCMCIA controller (but the messages disappear too quickly to know exactly what it says other than it recognizes the existance of the controller). Prior to the main install menu coming up it asks a couple PCMCIA questions and finds both cards that are in the machine right at the time (Megahertz 28.8 modem and a BASICS SCSI card). I go through the novice procedure, answer all the questions and tell it to start the install. Choose "CDROM" from that menu and it says there is no CDROM. It does not recognize a "DOS PARTITION" either. This SCSI card worked fine when Win95 was installed on this computer. Ideas? The computer is a Sager 800 series (DX2/50 with 8 Megs). The PCMCIA controller identifies as "Vadem VG-468" under Linux. (I got interested in using FreeBSD because the Linux PCMCIA utilities are being a hassle to configure and use, and underdocumented as well). The CDROM drive says "CyberDrive Multimedia CDROM" on the box. It's a 12X SCSI cdrom. This CDROM and SCSI controller worked fine under Win95 on this system. Any ideas? If I got an ethernet card would that work to use an NFS install? David
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