Subject: Re: NetBSD on Sony VAIO PCG 505
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Martin Gerbing <M.Gerbing@gmx.de>
List: current-users
Date: 07/31/2001 10:03:38
Hello again :),
>
> >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.
>
> itojun
>
This means that I have no chance to work with the cd-rom after installation
too. :((
Ohhhh....this laptop turns me crazy....it's so small but very beasty.
Thanks for the answer so I know, that I will try no longer to run NetBSD on
it. I will try to install Debian on it. Perhaps this will work?!!?
Thx a lot.
Martin