From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Mar 14 04:59:14 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA17254 for mobile-outgoing; Fri, 14 Mar 1997 04:59:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id EAA17249 for ; Fri, 14 Mar 1997 04:59:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id XAA14922; Fri, 14 Mar 1997 23:28:33 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199703141258.XAA14922@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Problems loading freebsd into laptop In-Reply-To: <9703141245.AA24100@dlsm.dl.ac.uk> from Rob Bradshaw at "Mar 14, 97 12:45:56 pm" To: rbr@dlsm.dl.ac.uk (Rob Bradshaw) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 23:28:33 +1030 (CST) Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.org, rbr@dlsm.dl.ac.uk X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-mobile@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Rob Bradshaw stands accused of saying: > > I guess the 589D is an updated 589C; is this likely to be the problem? Yes. It doesn't work with any of the FreeBSD drivers yet. > Finally, does anyone know what the CD-drive is in this system? It should be an ordinary ATAPI drive; you might want to try the 2.2 boot floppy in case it's a borderline unit that's better handled by the newer driver. > Rob Bradshaw Email: R.G.Bradshaw@dl.ac.uk [rb685] -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[