From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 8 09:39:12 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 8775516A419 for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2008 09:39:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from tower.berklix.org (tower.berklix.org [83.236.223.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2545313C457 for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2008 09:39:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from js.berklix.net (p549A5C2D.dip.t-dialin.net [84.154.92.45]) (authenticated bits=0) by tower.berklix.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m089d96b066675; Tue, 8 Jan 2008 09:39:10 GMT (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by js.berklix.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m089eCes039247; Tue, 8 Jan 2008 10:40:12 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost.js.berklix.net [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m089e2FY022889; Tue, 8 Jan 2008 10:40:07 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@fire.js.berklix.net) Message-Id: <200801080940.m089e2FY022889@fire.js.berklix.net> To: "Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET" In-reply-to: <200801072142.m07LgCJS045108@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> References: <200801072142.m07LgCJS045108@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> Comments: In-reply-to "Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET" message dated "Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:42:12 -0500." Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:40:02 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" Cc: 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: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:39:12 -0000 "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.