Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:40:02 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.org> To: "Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET" <ml@t-b-o-h.net> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [freebsd-mobile] Re: Readily available card on 5.5? Message-ID: <200801080940.m089e2FY022889@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: <200801072142.m07LgCJS045108@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> References: <200801072142.m07LgCJS045108@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com>
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"Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET" wrote: > > > > > > > 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. That's the point of my page, IF you read it ? Extra tricks to force BSD to boot on older laptops. > On another laptop I can't go > past 5.4-p22 otherwise it stops booting the kernel completely. Read my page, Try 7, post what verbose boot shows, & if you discover any tricks not on my page I'll add them. > 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? Wrong way to think IMO :-) I'm trying to raise varios of mine from 4 to 7. -- Julian Stacey. Munich Computer Consultant, BSD Unix C Linux. http://berklix.com Ihr Rauch = mein allergischer Kopfschmerz. Dump cigs 4 snuff.
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