Subject: Re: NetBSD on Sony VAIO PCG 505
To: Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino <itojun@iijlab.net>
From: Ken Hornstein <kenh@cmf.nrl.navy.mil>
List: current-users
Date: 07/31/2001 10:20:04
>>please excused my silly question but I am searched the FAQ and archives and
>>didn't found an answer.
>>Is there any possibility to run NetBSD on my Sony VAIO PCG 505FX? If I am
>>booting from the PCMCIA-Floppy it stops and the machine hangs.
>>How can I get my PCMCIA-CDRom-Card to run?
>
> if you mean te PCMCIA CD-ROM drive sold with 505, there's no chance.
> the CD-ROM drive has very incorrect implementation (IDE reset causes
> PCMCIA chipset to get reset) and there's almost no hope for it to
> work. get some other CD-ROM drive, or install over an ethernet card.
I _did_ commit code that made the 505 CD-ROM drive work. But if it's
hanging like that, then your problem is likely that you're using the
cardbus attachment. Where is it hanging at?
--Ken