From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 17 13:20:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA24213 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 17 Jan 1998 13:20:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA24133; Sat, 17 Jan 1998 13:19:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA05588; Sat, 17 Jan 1998 13:19:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 13:19:50 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Jonathan Hahn cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Booting off TORiSAN CDROM In-Reply-To: <199801152307.PAA05008@and.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Thu, 15 Jan 1998, Jonathan Hahn wrote: > I recently purchased a Sony VAIO 707C laptop and this is my first > laptop FreeBSD install. It has a 14.5X TORiSAN CDROM, which I > gather is made by Sanyo. Which in turn uses Toshiba parts :-) My Digital HiNote 575 has one underneath a 3.5" floppy drive. > I can't boot off the CDROM drive, nor > access it if I boot FreeBSD off floppy. Am I SOL here? I don't > see the TORiSAN mentioned in any of the FreeBSD docs. It's a generic ATAPI CDROM. As long as it's attached and detected by the BIOS at boot time, it should detect OK. If I remember correctly the VAIO has an external floppy so that should be possible. > My question is how to proceed now. I could purchase a PCMCIA SCSI > or ethernet controller and boot off a SCSI CDROM or over the net. > Will I be able to access either of these cards from a generic > kernel? Last resort is a floppy install, or am I overlooking > something? The cheaper route is to do a net install. The 3Com 3c589 series is well supported in FreeBSD. > I eventually want to purchase both the PCICIA cards, but if I can't > use the TORiSAN CDROM, I may reconsider the VAIO laptop (I still > have 10 days to return). I love the VAIO otherwise. > Is accessing the CDROM on laptops often a problem? I'm wondering > if (I'm going to have trouble with the touch pad too.) It's ATAPI CDs in general; most of the time they work, but sometimes they don't. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major