From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Jan 31 23:46:22 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from vbook.express.ru (vbook.nc.express.ru [212.24.37.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 628E337B402 for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2002 23:45:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by vbook.express.ru with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16WYOD-0000FK-00; Fri, 01 Feb 2002 10:45:42 +0300 Subject: Re: Memory Stick of SONY PCG-505SX From: "Vladimir B. " Grebenschikov To: Alex Kwan Cc: 'FreeBSD-mobile In-Reply-To: <000001c1aae1$ab20c6a0$b701a8c0@pccw> References: <000001c1aae1$ab20c6a0$b701a8c0@pccw> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=-TITxQBBE8jmmOw/nX//L" X-Mailer: Evolution/1.0.1 Date: 01 Feb 2002 10:45:41 +0300 Message-Id: <1012549541.824.5.camel@vbook.express.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --=-TITxQBBE8jmmOw/nX//L Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 --=-TITxQBBE8jmmOw/nX//L Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 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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