Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 11:54:04 -0500 From: Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD on laptop using PCMCIA devices Message-ID: <20010126115404.A7046@pir.net> In-Reply-To: <m3k87icvgs.fsf@zaphod.realtime.co.uk>; from wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk on Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 01:08:03PM %2B0000 References: <m3k87icvgs.fsf@zaphod.realtime.co.uk>
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Wayne Pascoe <wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk> probably said: > I have a Sony Vaio PCG505 that I am trying to install FreeBSD on. I Which particular 505 ? 'PCG505' covers a wide range of very different machines. There are people here using Freebsd on most of them, though. > have tried 2 methods, both using pcmcia and they have both failed. > The cdrom drive is the one that is supplied with the machine, and for > the network install option, I am using a 3Com 3CCFE575CT pcmcia > network card. Isn't that a cardbus network card ? Cardbus support isn't ready for primetime yet. > If I choose cdrom drive as install media, it tells me that it cannot > find a device, even though I booted from the cdrom. If I choose NFS as > install media, it presents me with a list of devices that I can > install via. There is no network card listed here. When you boot from the cdrom you're using it as an emulated device, not the device the install process is looking for. For it to work from the install process you have to have pcmcia working. I've done this on an older 505 with no problems. > The first method that I tried was to plug the cdrom drive in and boot > from the FreeBSD CD. I get to the beginning of the install phase and > it asks if I wish to use pccards for the install process. I answer yes > and it asks me to select a memory address to use. I have tried all 4 > options that are presented to me both for the cdrom install and the > network install. I have also tried IRQ 3 and 10 for all of these > memory addresses. Did you give the pcmcia controller an IRQ ? I believe the default these days is to not use an IRQ but every sony I've used needs one. When you first boot and get "booting in foo seconds" or similar, type 'boot -cv' and assign irq 10 to pcic0. Then boot and from the install choice tell it to use irq 3 for the card. > I then choose options, installation media, nfs. I am then presented > with a list of devices that I can install from. The network card is > not listed there. If I switch the the second virtual terminal and > remove the network card and re-insert it, I see messages about card > removed from slot 1 and card inserted into slot 1. Try that with a non-cardbus card. P. -- pir pir@pir.net pir@net.tufts.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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