From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Mar 13 10:17:48 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D91D37B401 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 10:17:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from postal1.es.net (postal1.es.net [198.128.3.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A99E843FAF for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 10:17:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net ([198.128.4.29]) by postal1.es.net (Postal Node 1) with ESMTP id MUA74016; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 10:17:45 -0800 Received: from ptavv (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id A22C05D08; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 10:17:44 -0800 (PST) To: Vince Hoffman Cc: "'freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Re: installing on an IBM 770x In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 13 Mar 2003 17:58:18 GMT." <3500515B75D9D311948800508BA37955014BD978@EX-LONDON> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 10:17:44 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20030313181744.A22C05D08@ptavv.es.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > From: Vince Hoffman > Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 17:58:18 -0000 > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG > > Sorry if this is the wrong place for this and feel free to redirect > me if it is. > I've been attempting to install 5.0-RELEASE on an IBM 770x laptop and > not having much luck. Using the kernel and mfsroot floppys my xircom > card (Realport card and modem (rem56G-100)) is not detected, and trying > to boot from the mini ISO hangs, my final try was to copy the mini ISO > to a fat16 partion as per the FAQ, but sysinstall from the floppys says > it cant find anything useful there. I'm pretty sure its not hardware as > I have a slackware linux partion which boots and runs fine. > any hints or suggestions gratefully recieved. If you are not doing so, enable APM and turn off ACPI when booting. I have not seen a ThinkPad that does not cause significant ACPI problems, although some recent BIOS updates are much better. Hit a space during the boot count-down and enter "unset acpi_load". (Don't worry about APM for the install.) This should result in the Xircom being seen. > ps. i'm going to try 4.7-RELEASE tonight. wish me luck Try 4.8-RC (RELENG_4). It should handle the 770X pretty well. More stable that any 4.7 release in my experience. Should be 4.8-RELEASE next week. BTW--I have only a 600E and not a 770X running CURRENT and an RE-100 Ethernet card (no modem), so my experience may not entirely match yours. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message