Re: install probs with sony vaio R505-JSK

Gerhard Sittig wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 09:56 -0700, Bill Swingle wrote:
> >
> > That was the fix I was looking for. Thanks! Now to figure out why I can
> > boot from the cdrom but after booting, FreeBSD doesnt see it...
> 
> It might be unrelated, but just out of curiousity:  the gentoo FAQ
> (http://www.gentoo.org/doc/faq.html) has an entry "I have a Sony
> Super-Slim VAIO laptop, and the Gentoo Linux CD is having problems
> finding my PCMCIA ATAPI CD-ROM." in the "2. Installation" section.
> Who knows how to translate the LILO / Linux kernel centric answer
> to FreeBSD speak?  This could be of help for some -mobile readers.
> 
> BTW could gentoo's "portages" system be of interest for *BSD users,
> too.  This project doesn't look at all like the usual bloatware
> desktop clicky Linux distro does but assumes an adult admin / user
> instead. :)  It thinks to be attractive for Debian, "Linux from
> scratch" and *BSD users ...
> 
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See the -chat archives for more Gentoo Linux related posts than you
probably care to read.  I'm sorry I started the thread :)

Rob.

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