From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 15 15:06:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA22094 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 15 Jan 1998 15:06:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from and.com (and.com [204.71.212.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA22035; Thu, 15 Jan 1998 15:05:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hahn@and.com) Received: (from hahn@localhost) by and.com (8.6.11/8.6.12) id PAA05008; Thu, 15 Jan 1998 15:07:46 -0800 Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 15:07:46 -0800 From: Jonathan Hahn Message-Id: <199801152307.PAA05008@and.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Booting off TORiSAN CDROM Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk I recently purchased a Sony VAIO 707C laptop and this is my first laptop FreeBSD install. It has a 14.5X TORiSAN CDROM, which I gather is made by Sanyo. I can't boot off the CDROM drive, nor access it if I boot FreeBSD off floppy. Am I SOL here? I don't see the TORiSAN mentioned in any of the FreeBSD docs. Windows says it's a CDR_U112 CD-ROM and that no driver is installed for it. My question is how to proceed now. I could purchase a PCMCIA SCSI or ethernet controller and boot off a SCSI CDROM or over the net. Will I be able to access either of these cards from a generic kernel? Last resort is a floppy install, or am I overlooking something? I eventually want to purchase both the PCICIA cards, but if I can't use the TORiSAN CDROM, I may reconsider the VAIO laptop (I still have 10 days to return). I love the VAIO otherwise. Is accessing the CDROM on laptops often a problem? I'm wondering if (I'm going to have trouble with the touch pad too.) Thanks in advance, -jonathan hahn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan Hahn And Communications hahn@and.com P.S. I did check the FreeBSD archives first, but they are not on line... Wouldn't you know they're gone when I need them.