Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 09:34:17 -0400 From: Jonathan Chen <jon@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Vincent Poy <vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, Tom Fischer <tfischer@rain.fr>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Userbase of -current Message-ID: <20010819093417.A88723@enterprise.spock.org> In-Reply-To: <20010818175404.I2962-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET>; from vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET on Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 05:56:19PM -1000 References: <20010801061113.A6285@hades.hell.gr> <20010818175404.I2962-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET>
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On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 05:56:19PM -1000, Vincent Poy wrote: > Speaking about -current and laptops, I know Warner mentioned the > 3COM 3CXFEM656C working in -current but what's the proper way to install > FreeBSD on a IBM ThinkPad 770Z with that NIC/Modem combo since the floppy > disks don't seem to show the card on a 6162001 snapshot from > current.FreeBSD.ORG. I was thinking about making a CD of the snapshot but > is there a bootable ISO available? The FreeBSD boot floppies do not support NEWCARD. I could perhaps look into generating a newcard-kernel.flp once 4.4 is released and current.freebsd.org is fixed, if people thing that it's a good idea. But for now, you can either install FreeBSD from a DOS partition, or IIRC current.jp.freebsd.org generates bootable ISO's of -current. But I can't seem to connect right now so I can't check... Or, simply unplug the harddrive from your laptop and plug it into another machine to do the install. When I fubar'ed my laptop's fs not too long ago, I hot-plugged my laptop harddrive into my desktop, issued an "atacontrol reinit", and proceeded to merrily run sysinstall under a chroot. Of course, this is by no means "the proper way", but it gets the job done... -Jon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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