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Date:      Tue, 26 Nov 1996 16:36:17 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD on Laptops. Is something missing?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.961126163507.2892C-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199611262241.XAA00888@plm.xs4all.nl>

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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




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