Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 23:09:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Dayton Clark <dayton@sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, dayton@eastham.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu Subject: Re: Laptop installation Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970408230512.3224N-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3349565E.322B@sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu>
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On Mon, 7 Apr 1997, Dayton Clark wrote: > I beefed up my Toshiba 4600 with a bigger disk, more memory, and an > ethernet card, largely so I can run FreeBSD (which I have on several > desktop machines and have used for years, thank you). But I can't get > it installed :-( I've tried installing both 2.1.6 and 2.2.1. Here are > the problems I've encountered: > > 1) Before reading the fine print I purchased a 3COM 3C589D which is > not (yet) supported. My understanding is that it canbe made to work if > one configures the kernel properly (correct?). So I decided I'll fix > this after the installation. The kernel, as delivered, doesn't support the D rev, but the PAO package does. See http://www.jp.freebsd.org/PAO. I believe a boot floppy is available for newer RELEASEs, I haven't checked lately. Once it works, you can always upgrade by putting the necessary files on the system and doing a local filesystem install. > 2) Okay, I'll install it over the parallel port with ppp. Alas, when > pppd went to open the parallel port (on the desktop unit) it found it > busy. This happened on two different machines (each running 2.1.6). I > could not find a problem, I can print through the ports fine. Permissions? lpd running? IRQs assigned to the lp ports? > 3) Okay, there is still the serial port. I've tried speeds from > 38400 to 4800 on a direct link to a FreeBSD machine (2.1.6) (ppp is the > protocol) and the link dies after some small portion of the bin > distribution is installed. This is classic ppp behavior...A patch was applied during the 2.1.7 series to help add some robusticity. > I'm getting desparate. Suggestions? Try 2.1.7.1 or 2.2.1. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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