Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 12:56:58 -0400 From: Sean Michael Whipkey <highway@cstone.net> To: "James F. Hranicky" <jfh@cise.ufl.edu> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Running 3.2 -- do I need PAO? Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19990726125658.0313bc50@cstone.net> In-Reply-To: <19990726163638.B3832D810@cluster0.cise.ufl.edu> References: <Message from Sean Michael Whipkey <highway@cstone.net> <3.0.6.32.19990722120202.02d56920@cstone.net>
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At 12:36 PM 7/26/99 -0400, James F. Hranicky wrote: >I had to use the PAO install floppies to install 3.2-STABLE-19990721. >Once that was up, I still couldn't get the pcic device recognized on >boot with stock -stable, as I wasn't able to tell either the kernel >or the visual config that my pcic was on irq3 at 0xfcfc. I took >a chance on grabbing the PAO dist and patching the STABLE kernel, and >voila, the new kernel could see my pcic device. However, the stock >pccardd still wouldn't work, so I used the PAO one, and was able to >get my Linksys 10/100, and my Motorolla Montana modem up just fine. Fortunately, my laptop boots beautifully from the CD-ROM drive, so I just booted the FreeBSD-3.2-STABLE from there. Of course, I haven't got the PCMCIA cards to work properly yet, either... >Are there plans to add any PAO code to the stock dist, or at least try >to duplicate it's functionality? Being able to use the visual kernel >config tool to specify where the pcic is, not to mention being able to >use common PCMCIA cards with the install floppies, really is a big win. >I was really hoping that the functionality of PAO had made it into >the stock dist since I last installed FBSD 2.2.5 . I would also love it. I had been attempting to load FreeBSD over our ethernet network, but the install refused to recognize the 3Com ethernet PCMCIA card. Of course, I never got the PAO distribution floppies to work right as well. SeanMike -- SeanMike Whipkey - Cornerstone Networks Engineering - highway@cstone.net Report received spam to: spam-report@cstone.net with the full headers Cornerstone Networks - 804.817.7000 or 800.325.9848 - http://www.cstone.net Businesses will not buy Linux because there is no one to sue. - LinuxToday To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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