Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 18:22:43 +0100 From: Gunnar Flygt <gunnar@pluto.sr.se> To: "Sean O'Connell" <sean@stat.Duke.EDU> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Toshiba Tecra 8100 Message-ID: <20001204182243.A69989@sr.se> In-Reply-To: <20001204120607.I21251@stat.Duke.EDU>; from sean@stat.Duke.EDU on Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 12:06:07PM -0500 References: <20001204172327.A68711@sr.se> <20001204113421.E21251@stat.Duke.EDU> <20001204174025.A69093@sr.se> <20001204114630.H21251@stat.Duke.EDU> <20001204175628.A69425@sr.se> <20001204120607.I21251@stat.Duke.EDU>
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On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 12:06:07PM -0500, Sean O'Connell wrote: > Gunnar Flygt stated: > : > > : > This could also be an irq conflict. What if you break into the > : > userconfig option and change the pcic0 irq from 10 to 0 .. to > : > put the pcic in polling mode. A lot of the problems with sysinstall > : > and pccard irq issues have been helped out since 4.1 was released. > : > : OK! I've been installing 4.1-R on a lot of laptops, since this code was > : SO much better than the old one on pre4, so I thought it would run like > : a charm :) I use to set it to 0xd4000 for memory and IRQ 11. Has worked > : with a buncg of different laptops, old Toshiba, IBM 770E, Dell Latitude > : and others, but not so this time. Maybe I just have to get all the parts > : of 4.2-RELEASE, and give it a try. Did a quick one with the 4.2-floppies, but with no luck. > > You might also want to look in the BIOS on this puppy. Things to look > for would be: > > PNP OS = YES ===> set to NO Hmmm, forgot this one. I'll try again tomorrow. > Supported OS = Win9x/Win2k ===> set to Other > > I think Toshiba has an option either from within Windoze or the BIOS > to put the pcic in so-called "legacy mode" .. I think this is what we > need with FreeBSD until NEWCARD makes its debut :) OK! I'll check out. > > : > You could try installing 4.2-R using > : > > : > ftp://ftp.se.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.2-RELEASE/ > : > : Sorry, I'm behind a firewall, but I'll try the floppies to see if the > : card is properly detected. Thanks for the help so far. > > Hmmm... sysinstall ought to work with passive ftp. Yeah, but it's quite messy to get outside of our firewall. I'll try though, if the card initializes. :) > > S > -- > 1--------01---------01--------01--------01--------01--------01--------0 > Sean O'Connell sean@stat.Duke.EDU -- __o regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_ email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_) o _ _ _ _o /\_ _ \\o (_)\__/o (_) _< \_ _>(_) (_)/<_ \_| \ _|/' \/ (_)>(_) (_) (_) (_) (_)' _\o_ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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