Date: 27 Jan 2003 20:01:25 +0300 From: "Vladimir B. " Grebenschikov <vova@express.ru> To: Jens Rehsack <rehsack@liwing.de> Cc: freebsd-mobile <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.0 on Sony Vaio PCG-N505X Message-ID: <1043686884.1473.106.camel@vbook.fbsd.ru> In-Reply-To: <3E353655.2010703@liwing.de> References: <3E353655.2010703@liwing.de>
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χ Mon, 27.01.2003, Χ 16:38, Jens Rehsack ΞΑΠΙΣΑΜ: > Hi, > > does anyone has expirience how I could get a FreeBSD 5.0 installed on a > Sony Vaio PCG-N505X? This machine has it's cdrom attached through a > pccard. My problem is, that the floppy drive has a physical defect which > causes in disk salad everytime I access a floppy with it, so I must boot > from cdrom. > > Can I plug off the cdrom after boot and attach an ethernet card? Or do I > have to create an own bootable cd, and what did I have to build into the > kernel? You have options: - get native SONY PCMCI cd-drive and boot and install from it - install windows VMWare and then install FreeBSD from VMWare to free partition, then boot from it (may be you should install one of boot managers) > So long, > Jens -- Vladimir B. Grebenschikov <vova@express.ru> TSB "Russian Express" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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