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Date:      Fri, 14 Mar 1997 23:28:33 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        rbr@dlsm.dl.ac.uk (Rob Bradshaw)
Cc:        mobile@FreeBSD.org, rbr@dlsm.dl.ac.uk
Subject:   Re: Problems loading freebsd into laptop
Message-ID:  <199703141258.XAA14922@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <9703141245.AA24100@dlsm.dl.ac.uk> from Rob Bradshaw at "Mar 14, 97 12:45:56 pm"

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Rob Bradshaw stands accused of saying:
> 
> I guess the 589D is an updated 589C; is this likely to be the problem?

Yes.  It doesn't work with any of the FreeBSD drivers yet.

> Finally, does anyone know what the CD-drive is in this system?

It should be an ordinary ATAPI drive; you might want to try the 2.2
boot floppy in case it's a borderline unit that's better handled by
the newer driver.

> Rob Bradshaw      Email: R.G.Bradshaw@dl.ac.uk      [rb685]
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