From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Nov 7 11:45:56 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles527.castles.com [208.214.165.91]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82CDA14C87 for ; Sun, 7 Nov 1999 11:45:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA13471; Sun, 7 Nov 1999 11:36:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199911071936.LAA13471@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Kip Macy Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hang at probing devices screen on VAIO505 In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 07 Nov 1999 09:11:28 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 07 Nov 1999 11:36:54 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I sent this to questions but never got a response so I am sending it here. > > Both PAO and the normal boot floppies hang at the probing devices screen > on my Sony VAIO505S. The PAO FAQ does not mention anything about such a > problem, and the freebsd.org FAQ suggests that one disconnect one's IDE > Jaz or Zip drive, neither of which I have. Does the VAIO505 just fall > under the unsupported system category? Thanks. Turn off the 'memory stick' device in the BIOS setup screen. It appears that on those machines it either lookes like an IDE device, or at least lives in that address range, and gets our probes all in a tizz. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message