Date: 27 Mar 2002 20:27:31 -0500 From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: chip@chocobo.cx Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Install problems on Sony VAIO PCG-GR300 Message-ID: <1017278851.87411.9.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <20020327230511.GA64971@chocobo.cx> References: <20020327230511.GA64971@chocobo.cx>
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--=-qWyCB0A1SyDSqVy3H2pz Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2002-03-27 at 18:05, Chip Marshall wrote: > Hello everybody, I just got a shiny new VAIO PCG-GR300 yesterday with > Windows XP Home installed, so naturally the first thing I tried to do > was install FreeBSD 4.5-R from the FreeBSD Mall CD's. The laptop > shipped with a FAT partition and an NTFS partition (latter in an > extended partition.) I used Partition Magic to cut the NTFS partition > in half, creating a third primary unformatted partition. >=20 > At this point, I can reboot and everything seems happy. >=20 > I then pop in the FreeBSD install CD, and go though the install > procedure. I install onto the new 3rd primary partition, and tell it > not to install a boot loader, intending to use WinXP's loader. The > install goes fine and everything seems happy. However, when I reboot > I'm greeted by a nice and friendly "Missing operating system" message. >=20 > I've been through this twice today. The first time I popped in the > Sony Recovery CD's, and did a full restore. I tried a partial restore > first, but it didn't work, same error message. It seems that the > partition table is wonky, since the restore program complains that D: > is missing. >=20 > Any ideas? You're not going to be happy with this, but I bought a GR-370, and ended up getting rid of it since I never did get things working very well. I was able to install 4.5-RELEASE, -stable, and -current on the laptop (4.4-REL does _not_ work). I was not able to get sound working at all.=20 I could only get X working on -stable, but it may work on -current now. I first installed on the whole disk. Then, I blew everything away, and restored just the C: drive from the Sony disks. After that, I installed FreeBSD on the remaining partition. I used the Standard boot manager selection. The laptop booted, and was pretty fast, but I wanted sound for my DVDs. If you think the boot sector might be corrupt, try an fdisk /mbr from a boot diskette. You can also use sysinstall from the install floppy to set the XP partition to be active. Joe >=20 > --=20 > Chip Marshall <chip@chocobo.cx> http://www.chocobo.cx/chip/ > GCM/CS d+(-) s+:++ a20>? C++ UB++++$ P+++$ L- E--- W++ N@ o K- w O M+ V-- > PS+ PE Y+ PGP+ t+@ 5 X R@ tv+() b++>+++ DI++++ D(-) G++ e>++ h->++ r++ y- --=-qWyCB0A1SyDSqVy3H2pz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEABECAAYFAjyicYMACgkQb2iPiv4Uz4e75ACfYwxqsfroqTINEcq/8YQJX7V6 hpQAnRsnwfnyuCPL3KL2NxQZootLYWp8 =1LCB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-qWyCB0A1SyDSqVy3H2pz-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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