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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!daffy!uwvax!uwm.edu!news.moneng.mei.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!psgrain!quack!quack.kfu.com!nsayer From: nsayer@quack.kfu.com (Nick Sayer) Subject: Re: FreeBSD 1.1 Installing to a Zenith Laptop Message-ID: <gzU3r2r@quack.kfu.com> Sender: news@quack.kfu.com (0000-News(0000)) Organization: The Duck Pond public unix: +1 408 249 9630, log in as 'guest'. References: <DBLKrE.G87@news.tcd.ie> Date: 12 Jul 1995 16:26:20 UTC Lines: 79 aquigley@tcd.ie (Aaron J. Quigley) writes: >Hi, > I'm currently trying to install a rather older version on >FreeBSD 1.1 onto a Zenith Z-Note 433 Lnc+ . I know I should be using >a more recent version but for the moment this is all I have. >I seem to be getting a Gateway like keyboard lockup as soon >as I boot up with the floppy. I get as far as >FreeBSD Boot"0x90000:639/7168k of memory [Revision 1.9.2.1 $] >use hd(1,a)/386bsd to boot sd0 when wd0 is ds0 installed >Boot:[[[Fd(0,a)]/386bsd][-s][-a][-d]]:- (At this point it hangs...) >I've tried hitting the shift/Numlock a number of times but to no avail. >Has anyone run into this problem and solved it, I think I will try >installing a higher version and this might solve the problem >but I'd like to know is it even possible to install on this machine type I have successfully installed and am using 2.0.5 on a Z-NoteFlex. So neither the machine nor the OS is exactly the same as yours, but anyhow. I have a web page that talks about the Z-NoteFlex under FreeBSD if you're interested: http://www.kfu.com/~nsayer/zentih/ Although it won't show up during the install, there is a problem I ran into with the PS/2 mouse driver. The probe routine locks up the keyboard. The fix is to apply the patch below and add options PSM_NO_RESET to your kernel configuration file before building the kernel. Index: conf/LINT =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT,v retrieving revision 1.184 diff -c -r1.184 LINT *** 1.184 1995/05/28 13:24:16 --- i386/conf/LINT 1995/06/22 09:55:36 *************** *** 525,530 **** --- 525,533 ---- device lpt0 at isa? port "IO_LPT3" tty irq 7 vector lptintr device mse0 at isa? port 0x23c tty irq 5 vector mseintr device psm0 at isa? port "IO_KBD" conflicts tty irq 12 vector psmintr + # Options for psm: + options PSM_NO_RESET #don't reset mouse hardware (some laptops) + device sio0 at isa? port "IO_COM1" tty irq 4 vector siointr # Options for sio: Index: isa/psm.c =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/i386/isa/psm.c,v retrieving revision 1.4 diff -c -r1.4 psm.c *** 1.4 1995/05/30 08:02:59 --- i386/isa/psm.c 1995/06/22 09:52:14 *************** *** 150,157 **** --- 150,159 ---- ioport=dvp->id_iobase; unit=dvp->id_unit; + #ifndef PSM_NO_RESET psm_write_dev(ioport,0xff); /* Reset aux device */ psm_poll_status(); + #endif outb(ioport+CNTRL,0xa9); psm_poll_status(); outb(ioport+CNTRL,0xaa); -- Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> | "If this be treason, then N6QQQ @ N0ARY.#NORCAL.CA.USA.NOAM | make the most of it." +1 408 249 9630, log in as 'guest' | URL: http://www.kfu.com/~nsayer/ | -- Patrick Henry