Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 06:46:36 -0700 From: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net> To: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu>, Michael Haro <mharo@area51.fremont.ca.us> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sony VAIO C1 Picturebook Message-ID: <19990531064636.A41146@TelcoSucks.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990530202148.7287A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>; from Annelise Anderson on Sun, May 30, 1999 at 08:52:08PM -0700 References: <19990530154040.A60549@area51.fremont.ca.us> <Pine.BSF.3.96.990530202148.7287A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
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On Sun, May 30, 1999 at 08:52:08PM -0700, Annelise Anderson wrote: > I'm talking about the C1 in comparison to the 505. The screen > is fine with me. I just can't figure out how to install > FreeBSD on it, since I can't boot floppies (usb floppy is > not yet supported). A parallel port usb is supported and I > could connect to another machine that way, but I still can't > boot install floppies. > > And FBSDBOOT.EXE is according to -current messages (if I > can summarize to the best of what I can gather from the slew > of messages) not usable with elf. I could, I suppose, try > an old (say, 3.1) cd and try to use install.bat and/or > FBSDBOOT.exe. Otherwise, I don't know. Try to boot an > image from the hard drive while in Win98? You should be able to install from floppy, because the floppy reads at this point are done via the BIOS. I have a libretto which has a PCMCIA floppy drive. As the BIOS of the C1 supports the USB floppy, you should be able to install. > > Annelise > > The C1 PictureBook is C1/X; the Japanese version is > C1/R. A C1/S is now available in Japan and has a 6.4Gb > hard drive and improvements in the photo stuff. (The > PictureBook has a built-in camera; screen is 8.9" > wide and 1024x480, anyway it looks okay to me.) > > On Sun, 30 May 1999, Michael Haro wrote: > > > Are you talking about the C1 or the 505? I have the 505TX and > > it doesn't use USB for floppy or parallel. It has another connection > > which is transparent to fbsd. The TX can do 1024x768, which is fine > > for my eyes, but some older people think that everything is too small > > for them. The TS does 800x600, which is too big for me but others seem > > to like it. I don't know about the older 505 models, but I have no > > complaints with mine so far. I just wish the pcmcia network card I > > have was supported, but that isn't an issue with the laptop. > > > > Michael > > > > On Sat, May 29, 1999 at 02:41:39PM -0700, Annelise Anderson wrote: > > > Does anyone have any experience with one of these? > > > > > > The compromise with the Sony VAIO 505 is a smaller > > > keyboard and screen, a 266 MHZ processor, and a mere 4.3Gb > > > hard drive. But it weighs only 2.5 pounds, and it has a > > > trackpoint-type pointing device instead of a touchpad. It > > > depends on a USB port for the floppy drive and parallel > > > stuff. I find it very appealing. > > > > > > Annelise > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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