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Date:      01 Feb 2002 10:45:41 +0300
From:      "Vladimir B. " Grebenschikov <vova@sw.ru>
To:        Alex Kwan <alexkwan@pacific.net.hk>
Cc:        'FreeBSD-mobile <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Memory Stick of SONY PCG-505SX
Message-ID:  <1012549541.824.5.camel@vbook.express.ru>
In-Reply-To: <000001c1aae1$ab20c6a0$b701a8c0@pccw>
References:  <000001c1aae1$ab20c6a0$b701a8c0@pccw>

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On Fri, 2002-02-01 at 07:25, Alex Kwan wrote: 

Hi

> My laptop was SONY PCG-505SX, Does the FreeBSD supported the
> build-in Memory Stick (It is  a PCI-IDE not USB type)? I have checked
> it at the boot time, but only seen the Hard Disk, Is this my hardware
> problem ?
> (My BIOS already set to enable Build-In Memory Stick).

I have SONY VAIO PCG-Z505S and IDE memory stick works for me. 

There are only known problem with size of stick: 

If FreeBSD booted without inserted stick ata driver detects 4Mb disc and
only 4Mb stick can be read. 

Same problem present if you booted with, say 64Mb stick, and then want
read 4Mb. 

Solutions: 
  1. reboot with each new stick 
  2. install -CURRENT with atacontrol (not sure about atacontrol in 4.5)
then 
   # atacontrol detach 1 && atacontrol attach 1
  # mount -t msdos /dev/ad1s1 /m/stick
  # ls /m/stick
DCIM                    MEMSTICK.IND            gary_rex_tanner.m3u
  #

> Alex

-- 
SW Soft, Moscow
Vladimir B. Grebenschikov, vova@sw.ru

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On Fri, 2002-02-01 at 07:25, Alex Kwan wrote: 
<PRE><FONT COLOR="#001ad9">Hi</FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#001ad9">&gt; My laptop was SONY PCG-505SX, Does the FreeBSD supported the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#001ad9">&gt; build-in Memory Stick (It is  a PCI-IDE not USB type)? I have checked</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#001ad9">&gt; it at the boot time, but only seen the Hard Disk, Is this my hardware</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#001ad9">&gt; problem ?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#001ad9">&gt; (My BIOS already set to enable Build-In Memory Stick).</FONT></PRE>
I have SONY VAIO PCG-Z505S and IDE memory stick works for me. 
<BR>

<BR>
There are only known problem with size of stick: 
<BR>

<BR>
If FreeBSD booted without inserted stick ata driver detects 4Mb disc and only 4Mb stick can be read. 
<BR>

<BR>
Same problem present if you booted with, say 64Mb stick, and then want read 4Mb. 
<BR>

<BR>
Solutions: 
<BR>
&nbsp; 1. reboot with each new stick 
<BR>
&nbsp; 2. install -CURRENT with atacontrol (not sure about atacontrol in 4.5) 
<BR>
then 
<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp; # atacontrol detach 1 &amp;&amp; atacontrol attach 1
<BR>
&nbsp; # mount -t msdos /dev/ad1s1 /m/stick
<BR>
&nbsp; # ls /m/stick
<BR>
DCIM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MEMSTICK.IND&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; gary_rex_tanner.m3u
<BR>
&nbsp; #
<PRE><FONT COLOR="#001ad9">&gt; Alex</FONT></PRE>
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SW Soft, Moscow
Vladimir B. Grebenschikov, vova@sw.ru</PRE>
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