From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 5 01:47:02 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4B5D16A4CE for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 01:47:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from a34-mta01.direcway.com (a34-mta01.direcpc.com [66.82.4.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A183943D54 for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 01:47:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gasloan@direcway.com) Received: from [192.168.0.3] (dpc6714230182.direcpc.com [67.142.30.182]) by a34-mta01.direcway.com (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.25 (built Mar 3 2004)) with ESMTP id <0I9T00J18MA46Z@a34-mta01.direcway.com> for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Tue, 04 Jan 2005 20:47:02 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 20:46:46 -0500 From: Jerry Sloan In-reply-to: <20050104231557.GA10572@odin.ac.hmc.edu> To: Brooks Davis Message-id: <41DB4706.1060705@direcway.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Accept-Language: en-us, en User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041206) References: <41DABB14.4010700@direcway.com> <20050104175408.GB15819@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <41DB201C.2090704@direcway.com> <20050104231557.GA10572@odin.ac.hmc.edu> cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems installing on Sager Laptop X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 01:47:03 -0000 Brooks Davis wrote: >On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 06:00:44PM -0500, Jerry Sloan wrote: > > >>Brooks Davis wrote: >> >> >> >>>On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 10:49:40AM -0500, Jerry Sloan wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>I am attempting to do an ftp install of FreeBSD release on an older >>>>Sager laptop. Pentium MMX. I go through the floppy part and when I am >>>>able to setup partitions it says No Disk found. The boot floppy finds >>>>the disk as disk1. Any and all help will be appreciated. >>>> >>>> >>>You're going to have to provide a lot more information for use to do >>>anything for you. >>> >>>Which version of FreeBSD are you using? What do you mean by "The boot >>>floppy finds the disk as disk1"? Can you see anything that looks like a >>>disk drive or controler in the dmesg? >>> >>> >>Sorry for not being more specific. I am trying to install 5.3 Release >>over the net. When I boot from the boot floppy to do the setup one of >>the first things I see on the screen BIOS drive c: =disk1. I'm not sure >>if a controller or hard drive is showing in dmesg since it moves by so >>fast, and it isn't being created anywhere. >> >> > >Appearing in the BIOS means that the BIOS knows how to talk to it, >nothing more nothing less. For all we know it could be a clay-tablet >printer/scanner system. :-) It would be really nice if you could find a >way to get the dmesg, but I'm not sure what sort of options you'll have. >Perhaps a fixit floppy. > >Could you try 4.10 or a 4.11 RC? It seems likely you have an ATA >controller that we aren't supporting, but it's hard to say. It's >entirely possible it's supported in an older version and support was >accidentally dropped because no one else has such a beast. Certainly >Pentium class laptops tend to be a bit weird. I wouldn't really expect >one to work well with 5.3. > >-- Brooks > > > I have 4.5 also, so I am trying that. You are probably right. I am only doing this so I can work on a CGI project propped up in bed in the evenings..hahahah Thanks Jerry