Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 12:30:40 +0100 From: Eric Masson <e-masson@kisoft-services.com> To: Peter Schwenk <schwenk@math.udel.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on a Gateway Colorbook Laptop Message-ID: <385B7060.1B062317@kisoft-services.com> References: <385A41CA.DF528168@math.udel.edu>
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Hi, You could post on Freebsd-mobile, dedicated list for laptop users :). It would be useful to know the ref of your combo-card, it would be easier to tell you which driver to use. Maybe I'm wrong but I'd think that your card is a 3C589* clone, FreeBSD supports them with driver ep (pccard mode) or zp (no generic pccard support activated). A utilities disk is usually shipped with the card that allows you to check irq and i/o adress used. Run it and note values. Once done, boot on FreeBSD disks and on visual config, tweak zp driver to match values previously noted. Continue boot process. Hope it helps Regards Eric Masson Peter Schwenk a écrit : > > I've recently become aware that the PAO project is being phased out > (?). In light of this, has anyone had any luck with getting any FreeBSD > (I'd even try -current if it would work) installed and running on a > Gateway Colorbook? I've got one with 486DX4/75, 12MB RAM, a 250MB HD, a > floppy, and a Gateway 14.4 modem (PCMCIA). I borrowed a USRobotics > (pre-3com takeover) combo 33.6 modem/10bt ethernet PCMCIA, because I > wanted to install FreeBSD over the network. The FreeBSD boot disks > didn't seem to see the combo card. Then again, I didn't know what > driver to use. Under Linux (couldn't get it installed either), an > smc91c92.so module was loaded for the ethernet part of the card, if that > gives anyone some clues. > > I just want to run FreeBSD, no X Windows. > > Any advice or instructions would be greatly appreciated. > > -- > PETER SCHWENK | UNIX System Administrator > Department of Mathematical Sciences | University of Delaware > schwenk@math.udel.edu | (302)831-0437 <-NEW!!! > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Any opinions expressed above | Murphy's Law Corollary : are my own, not Kisoft's | Murphy was an optimist. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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