Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 13:05:20 -0600 From: Carol Deihl <carol@tinker.com> To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Sony PCG-505TX works on 2.2.8 Message-ID: <36F3F170.6A0B8C36@tinker.com>
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Howdy Folks, The recent question about the Sony VAIO PCG-745/LT reminded me to post my results with the Sony PCG-505TX. It's a really nice, super slim, three pound laptop with 1024x768 on the active matrix display. A friend ordered one that had some bad pixels, and while waiting for the replacement, we tried various OS installs. We copied FreeBSD 2.2.8 on to /FreeBSD on the Windows partition and installed from there with no problems. We built a kernel with the PCCARD stuff, and it easily talked to the pccard ethernet (I forget the brand, but some standard one). My friend had ordered a DVD drive instead of a CD-ROM, and we couldn't get it to talk to the DVD. XFree86 installed and ran easily (the easiest X config I ever did!). We didn't try talking to the internal modem. We tried installing FreeBSD 3.1 the same way, but the install couldn't find the files on the Windows partition. At this point it was *way* late, so we gave up. Based on some posts earlier this week, I'm guessing that we should have put the files in a different location. My friend also installed Red Hat Linux, but it took him about three days to get it running. He was *much* more impressed with the ease of installing FreeBSD. He said the X installation was a no-brainer, even easier than the FreeBSD one. Now *I* want a Vaio! Cheers! Carol -- Carol Deihl - carol@tinker.com Shrier and Deihl - Unix Network Admin and Internet Software Development To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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