From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 26 23:53: 7 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dart.sr.se (dart.SR.SE [193.12.91.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5850150C3 for ; Fri, 26 Feb 1999 23:53:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gunnar@pluto.sr.se) Received: from honken.sr.se ([134.25.128.27]) by dart.sr.se (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA17879; Sat, 27 Feb 1999 08:52:44 +0100 (MET) Received: from pluto.sr.se (pluto.SR.SE [134.25.193.91]) by honken.sr.se (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA12551; Sat, 27 Feb 1999 08:52:43 +0100 (MET) Received: (from gunnar@localhost) by pluto.sr.se (8.9.1/8.9.1) id IAA05375; Sat, 27 Feb 1999 08:52:43 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from gunnar) Message-ID: <19990227085243.C5337@sr.se> Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 08:52:43 +0100 From: Gunnar Flygt To: ncarton@inlink.com Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: SONY VAIO with DVD Drive Reply-To: flygt@sr.se References: <36D75C31.2A7825DE@inlink.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <36D75C31.2A7825DE@inlink.com>; from Nicholas Carton on Fri, Feb 26, 1999 at 08:45:05PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Feb 26, 1999 at 08:45:05PM -0600, Nicholas Carton wrote: > I just purchase a Sony Vaio System with a 10G hd and the big 17in > Trinitron screen. > I tried last night to install the BSD copy I have which is version > 2.2.5. I had a lot of problems even after I switched tout the DVD drive > for a regular CD drive. While the regular CD drive worked, I had > repeated problems first with the DVD drive, then the screen, finally the > intellimouse. Is there a set of instructions which may make the > installation a little easier. As I said volume on the hard drive is not > an issue. I created the area for the BSD installation using powerquest's > partition magic. > If anyone has some suggestions, like a step by step meathod for an > idiot, I would appreciate them. Look at http://www.vmunix.com/fbsd-book/install.phtml But since you seem to have hardware problems, no installation guide in the world will help you until you've got rid of what's causing the problems -- __o regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_ email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message