Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 12:08:32 -0500 From: Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net> To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sony vaio Message-ID: <20001219120832.C6001@pir.net> In-Reply-To: <20001219100214.I7556@nitrous.net>; from denver@nitrous.net on Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 10:02:14AM -0700 References: <20001219102852.A2186@socrates.sistina.com> <2000-12-19-17-32-05%2Btrackit%2Bsam@inf.enst.fr> <20001219113941.B6001@pir.net> <20001219100214.I7556@nitrous.net>
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Denver Maddux <denver@nitrous.net> 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
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