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From: julian@TFS.COM (Julian Elischer)
Subject: Re: [Q] External CDROM and TU TravelMate
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References: <1994Jan10.160151.9060@csli.stanford.edu>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 1994 20:49:31 GMT
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In article <1994Jan10.160151.9060@csli.stanford.edu>,
Jeffrey Goldberg <goldberg@Csli.Stanford.EDU> wrote:
>I would like to install FreeBSD from an external CD-ROM connected
>through a printer port. Are the appropriate device drivers
>built-in to the kernal on the boot floppy? Or will I have
>to put everything on floppies prior to installation?
the only cdroms supported are SCSI ams mitsumi interfaced devices.
>Second, I am considering purchasing a TI TravelMate 4000 WinDX/50
>with a 200MB IDE drive and 8MB RAM. According to __Byte
>Buyer's Guide to portable computers__ the memory architecture
>for the TI travelmate is not paged, not interleaved, but
>"neither". Will this be a problem for FreeBSD. BTW TI's tech
>support has so far been useless with this question. Thanks.
the memory interleving is irrelevant, however, you must turn OFF
the option "advanced OS power savings" in the 3rd setup screen
(or 4th?) before the floppy will run correctly under a non BIOS
OS (e.g. *BSD). This is the same machine
that both Bill Jolitz and I run, so you can be pretty safe
that 386bsd will run on it. 8-)
the ethernet available for it is an NE2000 clone so that runs too.
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