Re: Problem install 6.0 (release) on Sony Vaio TX610P

2006-04-28 Thread Mark Myatt
Just a note to let you know that I have fixed the problem with the detection / driver allocation of the onboard NIC in the Sony Vaio TX610P (might be useful for others so I write for the archive) ... I am new to FreeBSD so apologies if I get the exact details / terminology of the fix wrong (it

Re: Problem install 6.0 (release) on Sony Vaio TX610P

2006-04-28 Thread Mark Myatt
Lowell Gilbert wrote: > The fxp(4) driver supports at least some "i82562" based Ethernet > devices. Does FreeBSD 6.1 recognize it on boot? I installed 6.0-RELEASE from CD (do you think I might have more luck with 6.1-RC1?) The only recognition on boot is the message: pci6: a

Re: Problem install 6.0 (release) on Sony Vaio TX610P

2006-04-27 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Mark Myatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I apologise in advance if this is the wrong forum for such a question > and, if it is, please direct me to the correct place. > > I am trying to install FreeBSD 6.0 on a Sony Vaio TX610P laptop. This > laptop previously ran a Debian-based Linux distributio

Problem install 6.0 (release) on Sony Vaio TX610P

2006-04-27 Thread Mark Myatt
I apologise in advance if this is the wrong forum for such a question and, if it is, please direct me to the correct place. I am trying to install FreeBSD 6.0 on a Sony Vaio TX610P laptop. This laptop previously ran a Debian-based Linux distribution with little trouble. I wanted to switch to F