From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 26 15:53:57 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail2.panix.com (mail2.panix.com [166.84.0.213]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A800337B419 for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2001 15:53:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from panix3.panix.com (panix3.panix.com [166.84.1.3]) by mail2.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 078DA8E87 for ; Wed, 26 Dec 2001 18:53:54 -0500 (EST) Received: (from cft@localhost) by panix3.panix.com (8.11.3nb1/8.8.8/PanixN1.0) id fBQNrsv14809 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 26 Dec 2001 18:53:54 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 18:53:54 -0500 From: Carl Tucker To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Subject: Can't boot FreeBSD on a Sony VAIO qr10 Message-ID: <20011226185354.A14068@panix.com> References: <006301c18e03$4c9eb4c0$640aa8c0@terre> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <006301c18e03$4c9eb4c0$640aa8c0@terre> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 12:48:56PM +0100, stepahne B wrote: > Hello, > > I got a VAIO qr10 on which I would like to install FreeBSD. The > machine comes without a floppy drive and I can only boot from the > CDROM. When booting the 4.4-install CD the machine hard locks just > after "ppc0: parallel port not found" My VAIO laptop did the same thing during probing. The problem turned out to be the pcmcia hanging. If I pressed and released the power button, the computer would shut off. Then I'd immediately turn it back on, and it would continue probing from where it left off. That way I could at least boot the system. To fix the real problem, I set the IRQ of my pcmcia controller properly. I can't remember the correct settings now, though - I'm on a different machine. -- Carl Tucker cft@panix.com flestrin@worldnet.att.net tuckercl@phnsy.navy.mil To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message