Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 06:39:59 -0500 From: "Otter" <otterr@telocity.com> To: <wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk>, "'Per Tore Larsen'" <per.tore.larsen@fernonorden.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: IS THERE HOPE? (was - installing FreeBSD from PCMCIA devices) Message-ID: <001d01c0878c$b7252550$1401a8c0@zoso> In-Reply-To: <m3snm6fxki.fsf@zaphod.realtime.co.uk>
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Then maybe you could hook up an external modem to a com port and do an ftp install over dialup... or if you have another machine on the lan which could provide you a plip link, that's also an option, assuming your parallel port is operational. -Otter -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Wayne Pascoe Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 4:54 AM To: Per Tore Larsen Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IS THERE HOPE? (was - installing FreeBSD from PCMCIA devices) Per Tore Larsen <per.tore.larsen@fernonorden.com> 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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