Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 08:09:26 -0700 (PDT) From: "Kamal R. Prasad" <kamalpr@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/41238: problems with FreeBSD installation on a dell 2600 Message-ID: <200208011509.g71F9QwK025148@www.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 41238
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: problems with FreeBSD installation on a dell 2600
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Thu Aug 01 08:10:02 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Kamal R. Prasad
>Release: 4.6
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD 4.6
>Description:
The following are the problems that I experienced:-
1. CLI based configuration does not [have option to] save config changes
2. Visual configuration does not allow user to set irq of pcmcia card
3. disabling the pcmcia device in CLI/GUI based config does not skip the probe.
4. In order to get the boot from CDROM to continue after it failed to recognize pcmcia card, I had to set eisa to 1. a timeout in case of unrecognized hardware will help in installing a barebones OS.
5. the option not to install a boot-loader/touch the MBR does not leave it intact. it sets the FreeBSD partition as bootable, and the previous partition loses its bootable flag.
>How-To-Repeat:
get yourself a dell 2600 laptop and try it out.
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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