From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 26 3:36:28 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from c007.snv.cp.net (c007-h008.c007.snv.cp.net [209.228.33.214]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1D9DA37B402 for ; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 03:36:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (cpmta 11877 invoked from network); 26 Jan 2001 03:36:07 -0800 Received: from dsl-216-227-91-85.telocity.com (HELO zoso) (216.227.91.85) by smtp.telocity.com (209.228.33.214) with SMTP; 26 Jan 2001 03:36:07 -0800 X-Sent: 26 Jan 2001 11:36:07 GMT From: "Otter" To: , "'Per Tore Larsen'" Cc: Subject: RE: IS THERE HOPE? (was - installing FreeBSD from PCMCIA devices) Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 06:39:59 -0500 Message-ID: <001d01c0878c$b7252550$1401a8c0@zoso> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 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