From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Sep 8 22:28:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA19119 for freebsd-mobile-outgoing; Tue, 8 Sep 1998 22:28:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp01.wxs.nl (smtp01.wxs.nl [195.121.6.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA19114 for ; Tue, 8 Sep 1998 22:28:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from asmodai@wxs.nl) Received: from diabolique ([195.121.58.158]) by smtp01.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 3.6) with SMTP id AAA680D; Wed, 9 Sep 1998 07:28:11 +0200 X-Sender: skywise@pop.wxs.nl X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Demo Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 07:28:27 +0200 To: Colin Eric Johnson , freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Dell Latitude CPi In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <77187299AFA.AAA680D@smtp01.wxs.nl> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 03:37 09-09-98 , Colin Eric Johnson wrote: > >OK folks, I'd like to think that this one is a gimme but I'm a bit >stumped. > >I have a brand new Dell Latitude CPi and I would like to get FreeBSD up >and running. Unfortunately I can get it booted as far as the kernel >configuration screen. Once I work through the "conflicts" and then tell it >to quit and save the whole machine just locks up with the cursor in the >upper left hand corner of the screen. the floppy drive will spin for a >moment and then stops cold. > >Has anyone seen this behavior? Aye >Is there a special boot floppy that I should be using? No Just don't disable the syscon driver... That's yer problem... Lemme know if it helps... =) -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven / Asmodai ICQ-UIN: 1564317 .:. Ninth Circle Enterprises Network/Security Specialist As far as ye can't tell, I am the Future in Computer Hell... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message