Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 17:05:29 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <nclayton@lehman.com> To: Kenjiro Cho <kjc@csl.sony.co.jp> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sony VAIO Z505SX and 3.2 or -current Message-ID: <19990715170529.H2353@lehman.com> In-Reply-To: <199907150306.MAA01656@hotaka.csl.sony.co.jp>; from Kenjiro Cho on Thu, Jul 15, 1999 at 12:06:15PM %2B0900 References: <19990714134711.X2353@lehman.com> <199907150306.MAA01656@hotaka.csl.sony.co.jp>
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Hi, On Thu, Jul 15, 1999 at 12:06:15PM +0900, Kenjiro Cho wrote: > >> Has anyone got any success stories about running FreeBSD 3.2 -stable or > >> -current on a Sony VAIO Z505SX? This is the 366MHz PII with built in > >> ethernet. > > I got Z505FX (japanese version) this week and installed 3.2R + PAO3. > > * Processor - MobilePentiumII 366 MHz > * 64 MB SDRAM, expandable to 192 MB > * Hard disk size - 6.4 GB Fixed > > working items: > * LCD - 12.1 XGA Active Matrix (1024 x 768) > * Graphics - NeoMagic MagicMediaTM 256AV with 2.5 MB video RAM > and 128-bit Accelerator; > -> works fine with XFree86 (1024x768) > * Integrated Ethernet interface - 10Base-T/100Base-TX > -> works fine with the fxp driver > * PC Card slots - Supports one Type II Card; CardBus Support > -> seems to be working with PAO3 > (got CD-ROM (PCGA-CD51) working) > > not-working items: > * Modem - Integrated V.90 Modem > * Digital Audio - 16-bit playback and record > (In Z505, these are gone from the bios setup menu...) > * Floppy disk drive - External USB 1.44 MB, 3.5" > -> but used to boot the FreeBSD installer Thanks very much for this comprehensive list of things that work and don't work. The modem in particular is a bit of a pain -- obviously I could buy a PCMCIA modem as well, but that kind of defeats the object of the exercise. So I'll probably ditch the models with the internal modem, and go for another VAIO instead, and get a PCMCI modem and ethernet card (which seem to be well supported, based on the PAO reading I've been doing). So. . . does anyone have any experience using either the F160 or the F190 VAIOs with FreeBSD? Again, a web search hasn't turned up anything. I don't expect any problems with the F160, as it's fairly standard. But the F190 has a built in DVD drive, and I don't know what the state of the support for that in FreeBSD is. Many thanks, N -- --+==[ Systems Administrator, Year 2000 Test Lab, Lehman Brothers, Inc. ]==+-- --+==[ 1 Broadgate, London, EC2M 7HA 0171-601-0011 x5514 ]==+-- --+==[ Year 2000 Testing: It's about time. . . ]==+-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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