Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 23:46:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Ash Yadav <ash@fxsing.ml.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Ash Yadav <ash@tekkie.sg.ml.com> Subject: Re: installing on a Compaq Contura Aero 4/33 laptop Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980408234541.13615O-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <9804080824.AA11620@rachel.fxsing.ml.com>
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On Wed, 8 Apr 1998, Ash Yadav wrote: > I have been using freebsd on my desktop machine for the past few months > and am now in possesion of a compaq Contura Aero 4/33 laptop. I have the > 2.2.5 on a CD but the comapq only has a PCMCIA floppy drive. I also have > a xircom modem/ethernet card and my desktop at home acts as a gateway > for my home area network (HAN). I would ideally like to do a net ( ftp ) > install but since I have to boot up the laptop with a floppy and since > the floppy uses the PCMCIA slot I cannot have the ethernet card in it at > the same time. Well, considering that FreeBSD doesn't support Xircom ethernet cards, your problem is well, lessened. :) You can make the floppy show up by setting flag 0x1 on the fdc controller in the boot-time configuration. You probably need to do a DOS install. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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