From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 5 03:07:24 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 CE12E16A4CE for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 03:07:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 993E143D48 for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 03:07:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j0538geq026695; Tue, 4 Jan 2005 19:08:42 -0800 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0/Submit) id j0538gT5026694; Tue, 4 Jan 2005 19:08:42 -0800 Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 19:08:42 -0800 From: Brooks Davis To: Jerry Sloan Message-ID: <20050105030842.GC24604@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <41DABB14.4010700@direcway.com> <20050104175408.GB15819@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <41DB201C.2090704@direcway.com> <20050104231557.GA10572@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <41DB4706.1060705@direcway.com> <41DB4E59.4050200@direcway.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="yVhtmJPUSI46BTXb" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41DB4E59.4050200@direcway.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=8.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on 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 03:07:25 -0000 --yVhtmJPUSI46BTXb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 09:18:01PM -0500, Jerry Sloan wrote: > Jerry Sloan wrote: >=20 > >Brooks Davis wrote: > > > >>On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 06:00:44PM -0500, Jerry Sloan wrote: > >>=20 > >> > >>>Brooks Davis wrote: > >>> > >>> =20 > >>> > >>>>On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 10:49:40AM -0500, Jerry Sloan wrote: > >>>> > >>>> =20 > >>>> > >>>>>I am attempting to do an ftp install of FreeBSD release on an=20 > >>>>>older Sager laptop. Pentium MMX. I go through the floppy part and=20 > >>>>>when I am able to setup partitions it says No Disk found. The boot= =20 > >>>>>floppy finds the disk as disk1. Any and all help will be appreciated. > >>>>> =20 > >>>> > >>>>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=20 > >>>>like a > >>>>disk drive or controler in the dmesg? > >>>> =20 > >>> > >>>Sorry for not being more specific. I am trying to install 5.3=20 > >>>Release over the net. When I boot from the boot floppy to do the=20 > >>>setup one of the first things I see on the screen BIOS drive c:=20 > >>>=3Ddisk1. I'm not sure if a controller or hard drive is showing in=20 > >>>dmesg since it moves by so fast, and it isn't being created anywhere. > >>> =20 > >> > >> > >>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. > >> > >I have 4.5 also, so I am trying that. You are probably right. I am=20 > >only doing this so I can work on a CGI project propped up in bed in=20 > >the evenings..hahahah > > > Ok, that didn't work either..but I did get this from when it was booting > ata0-master timeout waiting for int > ata0-master identity failed Joy. You might try e-mailing Soren (sos@freebsd.org) about this, but I doubt it will be high on his priority list. Just for grins, you might try 3.5.1 or even 2.2.8 since you only need to download a few MB of floppy images. mirrorlist.freebsd.org will give you download locations. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --yVhtmJPUSI46BTXb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB21o5XY6L6fI4GtQRAjDvAKCoABFIVKEN4FwpYvSV/KQlNyUhfQCdGCE9 kXGgAZpxL4bcUrtyZP9Iofk= =ZgmW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --yVhtmJPUSI46BTXb--