Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 07:44:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org> To: Morten Vinding Nielsen <morten.vinding.Nielsen@mobilix.dk> Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Laptop CDROM not recognized by Sysinstall. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005030742240.17222-100000@moo.sysabend.org> In-Reply-To: <3B26A8A0A71CD211A18B0008C724C75401CFDA48@ms05.mobilix.dk>
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I was running 3.4-R on my old Latitude CPi R400. No PAO necessary. I'd like to avoid PAO if possible. I know the ethercard works with -RELEASE, it's just getting -R on the machine, which without working cdrom or ethernet support (for xe0) in the generic kernel presents a problem. On Wed, 3 May 2000, Morten Vinding Nielsen wrote: :Have you tried 3.4-R with PAO? : :I use it with a Compaq M700 and Xircom Realport RE-100 and it just works of :the shelf! : :Try it. : :/Morten : :-----Original Message----- :From: Garrett Rooney [mailto:rooneg@rpi.edu] :Sent: 2. maj 2000 19:20 :To: Jamie Bowden :Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG :Subject: Re: Laptop CDROM not recognized by Sysinstall. : : :> I have a Dell Latitude CPx H500 with a slight problem. The machine boots :> fine off the 3.4-R CD, but the kernel doesn't find it during probe, and of :> course this presents problems for sysinstall. I'd install off the :> network, but the xe0 driver isn't in the generic kernel, and I can't move :> to 4.0-* since xe0 is currently broken. Anyone have this model of laptop :> and been able to get FreeBSD to recognize the CDROM drive? My old :> Latitude CPi R400 worked fine, and from what I can tell, this machine is :> almost identical excepting processor, video, and sound. :> :> 4.0-R seems to find the CDROM drive okay. Any ideas? : :just another data point. i had exactly the same problems with a dell :inspiron 3800 and freebsd 3.4. (coincidently enough i was also trying 3.4 :because 4.0 doesn't support my Xircom ethernet card) I eventually gave up :and went back to 4.0, which installed from cdrom fine. still witing for :ethernet though ;-( : :-garrett : :x----------------------------------------------------------------------x :| rooneg@rpi.edu garrett rooney | :| http://www.rpi.edu/~rooneg unix geek | :|----------------------------------------------------------------------| :| unrequited love is neat because it lasts so much longer - w. t. c. | :x----------------------------------------------------------------------x : : : :To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org :with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message : : :To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org :with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message : Jamie Bowden -- "Of course, that's sort of like asking how other than Marketing, Microsoft is different from any other software company..." Kenneth G. Cavness To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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