From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 26 16:34:39 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA12048 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 26 Nov 1996 16:34:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA12042 for ; Tue, 26 Nov 1996 16:34:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.3/8.6.12) with SMTP id QAA02917; Tue, 26 Nov 1996 16:36:17 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 16:36:17 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Peter Mutsaers cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Laptops. Is something missing? In-Reply-To: <199611262241.XAA00888@plm.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 26 Nov 1996, Peter Mutsaers wrote: > DW> Please be more specific as to what you did to install. Or is this from > DW> the actual floppy? > > Yes. From the install floppy. What procedure did you follow, exactly? > > DW> BE AWARE THAT YOU MUST RUN /stand/PAO/PAOsetup TO SET UP THE PCCARD > DW> SUPPORT. This will patch and rebuild your kernel for PCCARD. This was > DW> on the web site I believe. > > Can I run this from the installation floppy? I need to get it up and > running from that floppy first since I want to do my FreeBSD > installation over the ethernet, and I need card support for that > first. Is that possible? Boot the system first, then run it as root. It will want to patch and build a new kernel, so be sure to install src/ssys as well as anything else you want. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major