From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 26 1:50:50 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from rubicon.fernonorden.com (unknown [195.139.149.229]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87B0A37B404 for ; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 01:50:31 -0800 (PST) Received: by RUBICON with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 10:45:33 +0100 Message-ID: <25879E6A7E74D411B9370050043B7F3E09F916@RUBICON> From: Per Tore Larsen To: "'wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk'" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: IS THERE HOPE? (was - installing FreeBSD from PCMCIA devices) Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 10:45:33 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG If you have a internet connection (should be fast if you plan to install everything) you could install the system using the internet as a source for install files. Youll need a pcmcia network adapter, and can recommend 3com574. Worked for me. PeTe > -----Original Message----- > From: Wayne Pascoe [mailto:wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk] > Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 10:45 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: IS THERE HOPE? (was - installing FreeBSD from PCMCIA devices) > > > Hi all, > > Sorry to keep bugging with this question, but I really want Linux off > of my laptop. The laptop is a Sony PCG505. > > I have tried to install FreeBSD from the pcmcia cdrom drive, and by > booting off of floppies and then installing over the pcmcia network > card (3Com). > > Can anyone tell me if this is possible? I just need to get the install > going and then I'll be ok, but I can't even get that done. I have > tried all of the memory address options with IRQ's 3 and 10, but it > can never find the pcmcia device. > > If I can't get the pcmcia side of things fixed, what are my other > options to do an install ? > > TIA, > > -- > - Wayne Pascoe > E-mail: wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk > Phone : +44 (0) 20 7544 4668 > Mobile: +44 (0) 788 431 1675 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message