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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!convex!convex!darwin.sura.net!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sunic!trane.uninett.no!uninett.no!hta From: hta@uninett.no (Harald T. Alvestrand) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: Installation on Compaq laptop? Date: 9 Sep 1994 11:16:31 GMT Organization: Uninett Lines: 16 Distribution: world Message-ID: <34pg6f$28d@trane.uninett.no> References: <34gjj7$iqs@news.CCIT.Arizona.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: domen.uninett.no In article <34gjj7$iqs@news.CCIT.Arizona.EDU>, mcginnis@lpl.arizona.edu (Hal McGinnis) writes: |> I recently purchased a Compaq Contura Aero and I was wondering if |> anybody had insatlled FreeBSD on either this machine or one similar to |> it. Any help would be appreciated. Linux runs on my 33C Aero, so I see no reason why there should be *BSD problems. But: The PCMCIA floppy and the PCMCIA drivers interact in wicked ways. Disable PCMCIA and the floppy works (if installed at boot time). I'm working on it (but I don't do *BSD) -- Harald Tveit Alvestrand Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no G=Harald;I=T;S=Alvestrand;O=uninett;P=uninett;C=no +47 73 59 70 94 My son's name is Torbjørn. The letter between "j" and "r" is o with a slash.