Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 01:25:30 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Installing 5.4 on a HP Omnibook 5500CT laptop Message-ID: <20050529012530.301b251c.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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I have this old laptop, a HP Omnibook 5500CT. Long ago, I chenged the
original disk for a 20G one, so it has space enough. It has been
collecting dust for a couple of years (it had FreeBSD 4.9-RC on it..),
but today I decide to put it back to use again. I decided to split the
disk between FreeBSD 4.11 and 5.4.
The machine doesn't have a cdrom, so U installed from floppy and ftp.
The FreeBSD 4.11 install (see attached dmesg) was no trouble at all
(it needs irq 11 for the network card - a Billionton PC Card detected as
"ed1").
Under 4.11, the controller is detected as:
pcic0: <Cirrus Logic PD6729/6730 PCI-PCMCIA Bridge> port 0x3e0-0x3e3 at
device 3.0 on pci0 pcic0: Polling mode
pccard0: <PC Card 16-bit bus (classic)> on pcic0
pccard1: <PC Card 16-bit bus (classic)> on pcic0
and 'pciconf -lv' says:
pcic0@pci0:3:0: class=0x060500 card=0x00000000 chip=0x11001013 rev=0xe2
hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Cirrus Logic'
device = 'CL-PD6729 PCI-to-PC Card host adapter'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-PCMCIA
But both 5.4-RELEASE and 5.3-RELEASE fails to detect the pccard
controller, and thus leave me without a network card to install from.
I have searched the FAQ, Handbook and elsewhere on the net, but didn't
find anything.
What can I do to fix this?
Any help appreciated.
--
Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen,
Norway
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