Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 12:20:22 -0500 From: Jerry A! <jerry@thehutt.org> To: Sean Noonan <snoonan@cx952600-a.fed1.sdca.home.com> Cc: stepahne B <isom@nerim.net>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't boot FreeBSD on a Sony VAIO qr10 Message-ID: <20011231172022.GA94894@nomad.thehutt.org> In-Reply-To: <KIEPJNLEBFIFHLFBELKMMENDGAAA.snoonan@cx952600-a.fed1.sdca.home.com> References: <005b01c18e00$04417f30$640aa8c0@terre> <KIEPJNLEBFIFHLFBELKMMENDGAAA.snoonan@cx952600-a.fed1.sdca.home.com>
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On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 09:10:59AM -0800, Sean Noonan wrote:
: Stephane,
:
: Since no one has replied I'll take a shot at answering your question. I had
: a very similar experience with my VAIO PCG-GR250P. My solution was to boot
: with 4.3-RELEASE, which loaded without problems. However, I was then unable
: to cvsup to 4-STABLE since the NIC in my VAIO, an Intel Pro 100/VE, wasn't
: supported until 4.4-RELEASE. The solution was for me was to borrow a cheap
: SMC 16-bit PCMCIA card which was recognized under 4.3. This allowed me to
: CVSUP to 4-STABLE and the machine boots okay now.
Another thing to try is typing the following at the "ok" prompt:
set hw.pcic.intr_path="1"
set hw.pcic.irq="0"
I haven't seen a vaio that will boot and install from cdrom w/out
specifying ISA routing.
Maybe this should go into some sort of mobile.faq?
--Jerry
Open-Source software isn't a matter of life or death...
...It's much more important than that!
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