From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 22 16:09:19 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 590DC16A41F for ; Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:09:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ml@t-b-o-h.net) Received: from vjofn.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (vjofn.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com [204.107.90.128]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AA9B43D45 for ; Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:09:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ml@t-b-o-h.net) Received: from himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (pcp0011936892pcs.summit01.nj.comcast.net [69.249.95.97]) (authenticated bits=128) by vjofn.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id jBMG96dU097617; Thu, 22 Dec 2005 11:09:06 -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 (8.13.3/8.12.10) with ESMTP id jBMG9G2x013641; Thu, 22 Dec 2005 11:09:16 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from ml@t-b-o-h.net) Received: (from tbohml@localhost) by himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id jBMG9GYj013640; Thu, 22 Dec 2005 11:09:16 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from tbohml) From: Tuc at T-B-O-H Message-Id: <200512221609.jBMG9GYj013640@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> To: jhary@unsane.co.uk (Vince Hoffman) Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 11:09:16 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20051220223725.U90059@unsane.co.uk> 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 , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem upgrading Tosh from FBSD4 to FBSD5 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: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:09:19 -0000 > > > > On Mon, 19 Dec 2005, Tuc at T-B-O-H wrote: > > >> > >> I had a similar problem to yours with a toshiba sattelite some > >> times ago, but under FreeBSD 5.X. I don't have that laptop > >> anymore. > >> > >> It was possible to go further after disabling eisa support, but > >> I don't remember exactly which hint was needed though. It should > >> be something like this: > >> hint.eisa.0.disabled="1" > >> > > Same thing... Still gets to the same point and stops. > > > > Is there some sort of set of settings for a safe boot? > > Oddly enough, I don't get the beastie when I boot, just the old > > 4.0 style "Press enter" one. Is there a problem farther up? > > try setting > hw.pci.enable_io_modes=0 > I needed to set this to get my portege to boot with 5.x if i remember > rightly. I would go for 6.x though if i was you, It didnt need anything > setting and it runs like a dream. > :-/ Still looking dumb and ugly at me... I'd sorta like to get 5 to run first and have it be stable before I go to 6... Thanks, Tuc