From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jan 10 10: 6:35 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8EC837B401 for ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:06:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from porky.dcoder.com (porky.dcoder.com [161.58.160.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF62A43F3F for ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:06:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dacoder@dcoder.net) Received: from porky.dcoder.com (porky.dcoder.com [161.58.160.227]) by porky.dcoder.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h0AI6PF6006657; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 13:06:26 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from dacoder@dcoder.net) Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 13:06:25 -0500 (EST) From: David Coder Reply-To: David Coder To: leafy Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Troubles installing 5.0-RC2 on a Thinkpad560 In-Reply-To: <20030110100553.GA10024@leafy.idv.tw> Message-ID: <20030110130148.F6505-100000@porky.dcoder.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG i have had the same problem with 5.0 & with every 4.x i've tried using a xi= rcom pccard with a thinkpad t22. it occurred to me to install with a cdrom & th= en get the card running but was afraid to wipe my linux installation in case t= he card still didn't work. linux isn't my os of choice, but to my mind an os = that gives you net is better than one that doesn't. suggestions other than cdrom? david On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, leafy wrote: :Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 18:05:53 +0800 :From: leafy :To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG :Subject: Re: Troubles installing 5.0-RC2 on a Thinkpad560 : :On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 10:50:40AM +0100, Karl-Petter =C5kesson wrote: :> Yes modified floppies would be great. :> :> I dont really get this. When I read the installation intructions I :> understood it as that all hardware listed in HARDWARE.txt is supported :> not only by FreeBSD by it self but also available on the floppies. But :> this isnt the case or? :> :> /Kalle :No exactly. As we are getting to support more and more hardware, 1 floppy :cannot hold a full GENERIC kernel. So if you could, installing with a CDRO= M :is preferred and then get things that does not quite work to work in the :post-install stage. : :leafy : :-- :"Without the userland, the kernel is useless." : --inspired by The Tao of Programming : :To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org :with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message