Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 00:32:10 +0930 (CST) From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: stuart@bh90210.net Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Dell I8000 + FreeBsd 4.3 + Newbie = HELP! Message-ID: <XFMail.010718003210.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <9j12tq%2Bbbek@eGroups.com>
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On 17-Jul-01 stuart@bh90210.net wrote: > Let me first declare my overall newbieness to FreeBSD, though I am a > system administrator of 15 years. I am conversant in AIX, Solaris, > Linux, HP-UX, etc. (but not FreeBSD)!?!? I think you should search the lists.. There has been a bit of activity about the i8k recently (I got one :) > I know the issues I had to surmount with Linux and the Dell I8K, so > rather than loose more hairs, I am going to ask for advice in advance. > > a) PCMCIA issues? None when you specify an IRQ for the pcic controller (kernel rebuild, or boot -c) > b) How do I get XFree86 going (this I tryed, and well, I am still > asking you how!)? Get X4 and use the X config floating around the web/on the lists (I can't mail you mine ATM since my laptop is off) > c) Sound? Add.. snd_maestro3_load="YES" to /boot/loader.conf > d) CD-RW/DVD? My CD drive works out of the box but apparently there are problems with teh DVD drive (you have to set loader boot delay to 60 seconds). > f) Intel built in ethernet board, will it work? Yes, it appears as fxp0 > g) WinModem (ActionTec), will it work? Mostly.. There is a shim to use the lucent linux binary only object. > Anything I may have overlooked? APM.. It mostly works, I am currently investigating suspend to disk, suspend to ram works with the caveat that the USB controller stops responding after a resume. > I noticed that FreeBSD has an "openboot prom" like lilo type program. > However, I like lilo, and would like to know if I can use both? Can I > use lilo, to point to that other boot loader? Are there instructions > for this? I think lilo can boot the loader, but search the lists - someone surely has asked this question before :) --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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