Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 23:31:12 -0800 (PST) From: Charles Martin <martin@chasm.org> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Installing FreeBSD 4.0 on Sony Vaio PCG-F490 laptop Message-ID: <200003200731.XAA00615@www.chasm.org>
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I am trying to install FreeBSD 4.0 on my Sony Vaio PCG-F490 laptop. The
laptop comes configured with a C and D drive. In the partition editor I
deleted the (extended) D partition and recreated it as a FreeBSD partition.
I installed the standard FreeBSD BootMgr. The install seemed to go without
difficulty.
Upon rebooting, I was presented with the F1; DOS, F2: FreeBSD choice, with
F1 preselected. However, I could not select F2; my machine simple beeped
at me when I tried. Going back to the partition editor, I see that the
geometry is 2205/255/63, so the C partition ending at 18876374 seems to use
1175 cylinders; I guess this is why I can't boot the FreeBSD partition, it
is past 1024.
But more alarming to me was the result of trying to boot Windows. I get
the following:
ERROR: Unable to control A20 line!
XMS Driver not installed.
[A McAfee VirusScan takes place and completes successfully.]
Insufficient memory.
Insufficient memory.
Press any key to continue...
HIMEM.SYS is missing.
Make sure that the file is in your Windows directory.
C:\>
(So Windows never does fully boot.) I check C:\WINDOWS and indeed
HIMEM.SYS is there. Can someone tell me: (A) How to get my Windows machine
back, and (B) How I should go about resizing the C partition to get my
FreeBSD root below cylinder 1024?
(Do you think the BootMgr wiped out something critical? If so, how can I
get it back?)
Thanks!
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