From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 26 1:56:46 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from simian.realtime.co.uk (simian.realtime.co.uk [194.205.134.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0EAC37B404 for ; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 01:56:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from zaphod.realtime.co.uk (zaphod.realtime.co.uk [194.205.134.208]) by simian.realtime.co.uk (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id f0Q9uOT22539; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 09:56:24 GMT Received: from waynep by zaphod.realtime.co.uk with local (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14M5aH-0001Ca-00; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 09:54:21 +0000 From: Wayne Pascoe To: Per Tore Larsen Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IS THERE HOPE? (was - installing FreeBSD from PCMCIA devices) References: <25879E6A7E74D411B9370050043B7F3E09F916@RUBICON> Reply-To: wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk Date: 26 Jan 2001 09:54:21 +0000 In-Reply-To: <25879E6A7E74D411B9370050043B7F3E09F916@RUBICON> Message-ID: Lines: 62 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.1 (Channel Islands) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Per Tore Larsen writes: > 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 > My whole problem (as described below, and at length in 2 other postings) is that I can't get the PCMCIA device to work at install time. Not the cd or the pcmcia device. :( > > > -----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 > -- - 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