From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 7 21:42:24 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 283D516A417 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 21:42:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@t-b-o-h.net) Received: from vjofn.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (vjofn-pt.tunnel.tserv1.fmt.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f00:ffff::5e5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA61613C458 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 21:42:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@t-b-o-h.net) Received: from himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (cpe-68-175-8-11.hvc.res.rr.com [68.175.8.11]) (authenticated bits=0) by vjofn.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id m07LgI2k052285; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 16:42:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (localhost.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com [127.0.0.1]) by himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m07LgCCU045109; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 16:42:13 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from ml@t-b-o-h.net) Received: (from tbohml@localhost) by himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (8.13.8/8.13.6/Submit) id m07LgCJS045108; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 16:42:12 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from tbohml) From: "Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET" Message-Id: <200801072142.m07LgCJS045108@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> To: jhs@berklix.org (Julian H. Stacey) Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 16:42:12 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <200801071629.m07GTD8H010340@fire.js.berklix.net> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL8] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET" , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [freebsd-mobile] Re: Readily available card on 5.5? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:42:24 -0000 > > > > so I need to find a replacement. The system can only go as > > far as FreeBSD 5.5, anything past and it isn't happy. > > 6 was a pain / impossible for some old laptops with pcmcia, > but 7 now supports some pcmcia again, give it a try if you haven't. > > PS I've made some notes in my struggles to update some of my old laptops. > http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/hardware/laptops/ > Hi, Thanks. Unfortunately I couldn't even get the kernel to boot on the system that I need the card on. On another laptop I can't go past 5.4-p22 otherwise it stops booting the kernel completely. So I guess I could just really use to know what, if anything, people are doing to keep wireless connectivity when forced to be on 5.5? Thanks, Tuc