Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 01:48:23 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: "Keith McDonnell" <KMCD@ie.ibm.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installing on a thinkpad 560 Message-ID: <15311.56007.262615.619182@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <OF2F12705E.B4C52E51-ON80256AEA.00296559@mul.ie.ibm.com> References: <OF2F12705E.B4C52E51-ON80256AEA.00296559@mul.ie.ibm.com>
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> I am having trouble installing freebsd 42 on an IBM thinkpad 560 with > 133mhz / 40mb ram . I had one of these boxes, and it ran great. > 1. cannot boot from pccard cdrom ( fair enough ) You won't be able to boot from it, but if it's a supported CD-ROM, you can use it for installation after you boot from the floppy. > 2. cannot boot from serial modem . ( phase deflink not connected error ) > . Tried this on my desktop box with similar > results . Tried to manually configure ppp settings in term mode - no > luck either . Huh? How do you boot from a modem? > 3. cannot boot from floppy ( ibm external floppy proprietry format ) The floppy drive also supports standard floppies as well. > 4 . no ether network setup so NFS is out Then you'll either need to built a *LOT* of floppies or use the CD. If the CD isn't supported, I'd suggest getting a network card, cause otherwise you're going to go nuts. > To make matters worse a hasty commit formatted the hard drive but didnt > install the os . Therefore I have a machine with the no boot loader prompt > . > > I have a laplink cable , would it be possible to boot from my desktop box > ( fbsd42release ) over the plip ? No, you can't network boot without a minimal OS installed. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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