Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 17:29:08 +0200 From: "The MiP RvL" <the_mip_rvl@myrealbox.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Cc: tarkhil@webmail.sub.ru Subject: Re: maybe offtopic... but - Libretto. Message-ID: <1087486148.d643de3cthe_mip_rvl@myrealbox.com>
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>I'm struggling with Toshiba Libretto 1050ff, trying to install FreeBSD on = it. > >The old notebook apparently cannot boot from anything but hard disk or Tos= hiba's external floppy, which I don't have and cannot find. > >Currently, it's running Win98. > >Disk is already partitioned, so I could use second partition... if only I'= ll be able to boot a kernel somehow. > >I've installed bootmanager, but that's all I've managed to do. > >bsdboot always hangs on attempt to load a kernel, and I haven't found any = tool able either to start with FreeBSD installation image or to >write mi= nimal FreeBSD partition on disk. > >Maybe someone can help? I can only think of one option at the moment. Install linux through loadlin= . Debian 3.x will do fine. And then run the depenguinator http://www.daemonology.net/depenguinator/ regards, Roland
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