Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 16:08:05 -0800 From: "Adam Lofstedt" <adaml@visimation.com> To: "'Rodney Salomon'" <rstunna1@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Sony VAIO w/ Linksys card Message-ID: <002b01c2f4be$1b22bc20$6f00000a@5adam5> In-Reply-To: <20030327225430.50742.qmail@web20306.mail.yahoo.com>
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> Hello, > I'm trying to install FBSD on a Sony VAIO PCG-F350. I > have a Linksys > card in it. FBSD doesnt seem to recognize the Linksys > card during the > installation. Dont know why? Also, after installation, > I added > "pccard_enable..." to the /etc/rc.conf file.... now, > it does see the > card but, it see's it as ed1 device and it doesnt come > up till after > the boot is complete and im at a login prompt.... > thats when it beeps > and it gives me a "ppcard started...." message, and I > have to hit > enter to get the login prompt back. Any help on this > situation would > be greatly appreciated. > > TIA > I think it is a problem with the Sony not giving access to the PC card. I've tried similar things with the PCG-F series notebooks and a variety of different PC network cards, with no luck. I've tried without fail to use symantec ghost on the F series, which uses a DOS boot disk to boot to a DOS program that uses the Network card. On other machines such as Dells, Toshibas, etc, it works just fine, but on the Sony F series the NIC is never detected. This was a big clue to me that it must be some kind of hardware limitation with the Sony F series. I gave up trying to do anything with a Sony F series and a network card before an OS has fully booted up. That's just my experience, maybe someone else will have a better answer than me... Adam Lofstedt
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