Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 16:17:34 -0400 From: Dayton Clark <dayton@sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: dayton@eastham.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu Subject: Laptop installation Message-ID: <3349565E.322B@sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu>
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Folks, I beefed up my Toshiba 4600 with a bigger disk, more memory, and an ethernet card, largely so I can run FreeBSD (which I have on several desktop machines and have used for years, thank you). But I can't get it installed :-( I've tried installing both 2.1.6 and 2.2.1. Here are the problems I've encountered: 1) Before reading the fine print I purchased a 3COM 3C589D which is not (yet) supported. My understanding is that it canbe made to work if one configures the kernel properly (correct?). So I decided I'll fix this after the installation. 2) Okay, I'll install it over the parallel port with ppp. Alas, when pppd went to open the parallel port (on the desktop unit) it found it busy. This happened on two different machines (each running 2.1.6). I could not find a problem, I can print through the ports fine. 3) Okay, there is still the serial port. I've tried speeds from 38400 to 4800 on a direct link to a FreeBSD machine (2.1.6) (ppp is the protocol) and the link dies after some small portion of the bin distribution is installed. I'm getting desparate. Suggestions? a) Get a supported ethernet card, I'd rather not if I can avoid it. b) Can I get the 3C589D to work? c) Why can't I get lp0 to work? d) Can I make ppp over the serial line more robust or have it reconnect automatically? thanks for any suggestions. dayton -- Dayton Clark CIS Department dayton@brooklyn.cuny.edu Brooklyn College/CUNY 1-718-951-4811 Brooklyn, New York 11210 1-718-951-4842 (fax)
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