From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Dec 19 9: 8:36 2000 From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 19 09:08:34 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from moek.pir.net (moek.pir.net [209.192.237.190]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8615937B404 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 09:08:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from pir by moek.pir.net with local (Exim) id 148QFd-0001zJ-00 for freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 12:08:33 -0500 Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 12:08:32 -0500 From: Peter Radcliffe To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sony vaio Message-ID: <20001219120832.C6001@pir.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20001219102852.A2186@socrates.sistina.com> <2000-12-19-17-32-05+trackit+sam@inf.enst.fr> <20001219113941.B6001@pir.net> <20001219100214.I7556@nitrous.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20001219100214.I7556@nitrous.net>; from denver@nitrous.net on Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 10:02:14AM -0700 X-fish: < Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Denver Maddux probably said: > Actually, I had issues with a new Dell using the 4.2 floppies. It > hung to no avail when booting as it tried to bring up the PCIC > devices. > > 4.1.1 boot device floppies worked. I installed 4.2 from those > floppies the first time, but it installed the 4.2 generic kernel, > which for some reason hung as well. I'll send more details on this > later. I'd assume that means that your machine can't deal with pcic in polling mode. Use sysconfig at boot time to set an irq (preferably the one you know works with 4.1.1) or build a custom kernel. P. -- pir pir@pir.net pir@net.tufts.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message