From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Mar 29 4:27:48 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from moo.sysabend.org (moo.sysabend.org [63.86.88.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BAD337B718 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2001 04:27:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ragnar@sysabend.org) Received: by moo.sysabend.org (Postfix, from userid 1004) id AF77E755B; Thu, 29 Mar 2001 04:29:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moo.sysabend.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACBF31D89; Thu, 29 Mar 2001 04:29:24 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 04:29:24 -0800 (PST) From: Jamie Bowden To: "Viren R.Shah" Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell Latitude c800 w/ Xircom Realport card In-Reply-To: <15042.24125.990694.142942@jabberwock.cigital.com> Message-ID: Approved: yep X-representing: Only myself. X-badge: We don't need no stinking badges. X-obligatory-profanity: Fuck X-moo: Moo. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Viren R.Shah wrote: : :[Please cc me on replies] : :I'm trying to install 4.3-RC (2001/03/28) onto a Dell Latitude c800 :that has a Xircom RealPort card in it. : :I can't even boot it up in order to get to the main sysinstall :screen. As soon as it boots up, it asks "Should I use the pcic :controller as an install device" (or words to that effect) and :freezes. : :Has anyone managed to install FreeBSD on such a beast? Remove the card(s) before you install. Don't reinsert until after you have installed and rebuilt the kernel explicitly giving pcic0 an IRQ. Jamie Bowden -- "It was half way to Rivendell when the drugs began to take hold" Hunter S Tolkien "Fear and Loathing in Barad Dur" Iain Bowen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message