Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 15:29:20 +0000 From: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk> To: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: PAO / FreeBSD 2.2.5 on HP OmniBook 800 Message-ID: <349BE450.789B7D5@tdx.co.uk>
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Hi All, Can somone tell me whether I stand any chance at getting FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE to work on my HP OmniBook 800 laptop? I've looked at the PAO package - and this 'sort' of works - but fails - the details are below... The first problem I ran into with PAO is that unfortunately on the 800 you can't change it's Sound systems second IRQ, which is permanently on IRQ 11. The only way I can boot the disk is to disable the onboard sound system (to free up the IRQ PAO needs) - though I don't mind doing this at the moment ;-) Also, I can't get past the install part where it's detecting what's in the PCMCIA slots... I have a DLink NE-2000 Compatible PCMCIA card in either slot, and here's what happens: If I put the card in Slot 0, I get:- "Detecting Cards..." "Slot 0: Empty Slot" "Slot 1: Card "D-Link(DE-650) Assigned ed0 driver." <crash> If I put the card in Slot 1, I get:- "Detecing Cards..." "Slot 1: Card "D-Link(DE-650) Assinged ed0 driver." "Slot 2: Empty Slot" <crash> When the disk crashes it stays responsive on the ALT-2 debug screen, which shows:- DEBUG ioctl(3, TIOCCONS, NULL) = 0 (success) Card inserted, slot 1 DEBUG: Term = cons25 ed0: addres 00:80:c8:81:88:3f, type NE2000 (16 bit) I've also tried a Modem card - which again the system finds in either slot - but appears to crash when looking at the other slot. I've left the machine for 10-15 minutes with either message on the screen - and it didn't get any further... ------- According to Windows '95 (which cohabits the same machine) the system has:- 2 x Texas Instruments PCI-1130 CardBus controllers, One which Win'95 puts at IRQ 15, $cd000-$cdfff Another which Win'95 puts at IRQ 10, $ce000-cefff I've looked through your FAQ's, and have seen the TI 1130 chipset mentioned - though I must admit I've been in a hurry to get it installed (and if it finds the cards - which it does, I was thinking the Chipset must be supported? - though I now have horrible fears about the words "legacy mode" ;-) If anyone has any advice on this, or any way I can get more IRQ's to choose from on the boot disk (though I don't mind disabling sound to run FreeBSD) please let me know, Regards, Karl Pielorz
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