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Date:      Sun, 2 Nov 1997 23:49:05 -0700 (MST)
From:      "Carlos A. Ugarte" <cau@lectura.CS.Arizona.EDU>
To:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Help on installing to a Compaq Contura Aero
Message-ID:  <199711030649.XAA14988@lectura.CS.Arizona.EDU>

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Hi there,

I'm having some trouble installing 2.2.2-RELEASE on to a Compaq
Contura Aero.  I've downloaded the PAO boot floppy and got it to
boot, but it hangs at a certain part - when it is

  Initializing PC-card controller...

I was going to try and install over the parallel port using one
of those laplink cables and PLIP, but it never got that far.

For those of you who do not know, the Aeros use a PC-card/PCMCIA
floppy (and they only have one PCMCIA slot).  I tried removing
the floppy card and installing a PCMCIA ethernet card when
prompted, but it still hung looking for the PC-card controller.

Any ideas?  Am I missing something basic here?  I've never
installed FreeBSD on this (or any other) laptop, but the Aero was
working fine before (running DOS).  I've seen mention that it works
in the PAO docs as well as some of the mailing list archives, so
someone must have gotten it running.

Thanks for any help.

Carlos




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