Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 18:48:10 +0900 From: Neill Thornton <neillt@coastalnet.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: CTX Saga... UPDATE Message-ID: <4.1.19990317183355.0092cf10@mail.coastalnet.com>
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Well, after tinkering around with my system, and looking at all the files provided by (the rather generous and helpful) Chris Faulhaber... I got my Linksys EC2T Ethernet Card to work!!! Unfortunately, this is not my connection to the internet. *So*, I am still in search of making the modem work. I have a couple insights to share with other CTX owners: 1) My BIOS, SystemSoft for Intel 430TX Version 1.01 SubVersion 1.23.09 is the latest version, which is a Good Thing. But, even if you disable all the bells and whistles (PS/2 mouse port, serial port, parallel port, IR, etc.) in the system setup (ctrl-alt-s) it still enables them. This is an Evil Thing. I think this may be part of my problem. I am about to go tinker with my pccard.conf files, using the dumpcis output, to get me a port/irq combo that is free. It's a pain in the ass that fsck takes about 10-15 minutes to unscrew all my filesystems after the system hangs from trying to use cuaa2. 2) The CD-ROM is working great, which was partially broken under 2.2.8. 3) You cannot use Win98 and then warm boot into 3.1. The APM code barfs all over the place and then panics. Cold boot will work fine. Maybe some more Microsoft "standards" are at work. 4) You also have to power-cycle after using the BIOS setup program, if you don't the kernel lasts about 5 seconds before it crashes... I forget the exact error..."trap 12" or something along those lines. Anyway, just remember to power-cycle after using the BIOS setup and you will be fine. Anyway, wanted to get all that out so it will archive into the list.... Neill ---- HN Neill Thornton, USN Go Navy! 1st Battalion, 8th Marines Battalion Aid Station neillt@marinemwr.or.jp / neillt@coastalnet.com Powered by FreeBSD... see how @ www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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