From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 27 16:08:37 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DB8137B401 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 16:08:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from visimation.com (visimation.com [206.169.230.71]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A80743FCB for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 16:08:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from adaml@visimation.com) Received: from Spooler by visimation.com (Mercury/32 v3.32) ID MO000098; 27 Mar 03 16:05:13 -0800 Received: from spooler by visimation.com (Mercury/32 v3.32); 27 Mar 03 16:05:01 -0800 Received: from 5adam5 (10.0.0.111) by visimation.com (Mercury/32 v3.32) with ESMTP ID MG000097; 27 Mar 03 16:04:51 -0800 From: "Adam Lofstedt" To: "'Rodney Salomon'" Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 16:08:05 -0800 Organization: Visimation, Inc. Message-ID: <002b01c2f4be$1b22bc20$6f00000a@5adam5> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.3416 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 In-Reply-To: <20030327225430.50742.qmail@web20306.mail.yahoo.com> Importance: Normal X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.3 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO autolearn=ham version=2.50 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Sony VAIO w/ Linksys card X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: adaml@visimation.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 00:08:40 -0000 > Hello, > I'm trying to install FBSD on a Sony VAIO PCG-F350. I > have a Linksys > card in it. FBSD doesnt seem to recognize the Linksys > card during the > installation. Dont know why? Also, after installation, > I added > "pccard_enable..." to the /etc/rc.conf file.... now, > it does see the > card but, it see's it as ed1 device and it doesnt come > up till after > the boot is complete and im at a login prompt.... > thats when it beeps > and it gives me a "ppcard started...." message, and I > have to hit > enter to get the login prompt back. Any help on this > situation would > be greatly appreciated. > > TIA > I think it is a problem with the Sony not giving access to the PC card. I've tried similar things with the PCG-F series notebooks and a variety of different PC network cards, with no luck. I've tried without fail to use symantec ghost on the F series, which uses a DOS boot disk to boot to a DOS program that uses the Network card. On other machines such as Dells, Toshibas, etc, it works just fine, but on the Sony F series the NIC is never detected. This was a big clue to me that it must be some kind of hardware limitation with the Sony F series. I gave up trying to do anything with a Sony F series and a network card before an OS has fully booted up. That's just my experience, maybe someone else will have a better answer than me... Adam Lofstedt