From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 13 12:23:42 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CC2816A4CE for ; Thu, 13 May 2004 12:23:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tower.berklix.org (bsd.bsn.com [194.221.32.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3946A43D31 for ; Thu, 13 May 2004 12:23:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhs@flat.berklix.net) Received: from js.berklix.net (pD9E4DDD0.dip.t-dialin.net [217.228.221.208]) (authenticated bits=0) by tower.berklix.org (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i4DJNbr8098929; Thu, 13 May 2004 21:23:38 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@flat.berklix.net) Received: from fire.jhs.private (fire.jhs.private [192.168.91.41]) by js.berklix.net (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i4DJNaVs016223; Thu, 13 May 2004 21:23:37 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@flat.berklix.net) Received: from fire.jhs.private (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fire.jhs.private (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i4DJNZe1099039; Thu, 13 May 2004 21:23:35 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@fire.jhs.private) Received: (from jhs@localhost) by fire.jhs.private (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/Submit) id i4DJNZ0e099038; Thu, 13 May 2004 21:23:35 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs) Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 21:23:35 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200405131923.i4DJNZ0e099038@fire.jhs.private> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org From: "Julian Stacey" Organization: http://berklix.com/~jhs/ Fcc: sent-mail User-agent: EXMH http://beedub.com/exmh/ on FreeBSD http://freebsd.org cc: herbert@wengatz.de Subject: ACER Extensa model 390 - Any special boot problems ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 19:23:42 -0000 Acer Extensa model 390 laptop: Any special problems (`issues') or magic involved putting BSD on one of these ? (IE another laptop I know from a different manufacture needs this to even boot: /boot/loader.conf hw.pcic.intr_path="1" hw.pcic.irq="0" ... stuff like that is a right pain if you don't know ... The laptop isn't mine, & I haven't had access yet, hence asking if anyone knows of boot issues ? It belongs to herbert@wengatz.de (cc'd), & has 2G of linux partition we can install BSD on, then a few gig of linux partition data to recover (hopefully mount_ext2fs, & not reiser-fs, I've no idea how to deal with reiser). If no known loader.conf problems ? Then `Just' Lilo & Fdisk risk: normally I'd back up first, but we cant: (old Linux on there has a crippled kernel supporting only since dead pccia ethernet. No cdrom, prob no USB etc ... old box). I've considered options of installing a BSD, or booting off 2/3 flops (freebsd-4 or 5), possibly diskless BSD `Fixit' boot, then mount & ftp over one of my known- good-, supported- by- BSD pcmcia ethernet cards, & if not, PL-IP, SL-IP, or kermit under BSD or linux, to move the data. PS I've had a look at http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops http://www.zapatec.com/freebsd/laptop http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/~dkulp/fbsd/laptop.html < Frozen & not sorted. No Acer Extensa model 390. PS please keep herbert@wengatz.de on the CC line. Thanks - Julian Stacey. Unix C & Net Services Consultant - Munich. http://berklix.com