5.3-RC1 attempt with a Toshiba Libretto 70CT failed, 4.10 OK

[Julian Stacey]

freebsd-current at freebsd.org
cc: shige at FreeBSD.ORG (Maintainer of ports/sysutils/libretto-config
			who may have libretto tips ? )

Here's one more 5.3-RC-1 test - failed - 4.10 works, One might say
it's operator error :-) But 4.10 is more tolerant of this tired installer...

I've been trying 5.3-RC1 with a Toshiba Libretto 70CT (large jacket pocket size)
	
It gets further than 5.2.1-RELEASE, as 5.2.1 hangs quickly after first floppy
after trying to fetch modules off floppy with "No floppy devices found".

( I've seen similar floppy driver problems before, I installed
FreeBSD years ago on some Libretto, not this one - it's the horrible
non PC compatible Toshiba that stops the floppy working like a
normal PC at first opportunity (I can't remember the more formally
correct description of Toshiba problem.
	I do not like Toshibas, No BIOS when you push DEL, or any
	other key sequence, either for a real bios, just some nasty subset
	of a BIOS on some, eg http://berklix.com/~jhs/hw/toshiba/s5100-603/ )

5.3-RC1 gets much further than 5.2.1 on this libretto: it loads
Boot, Kern1, Kern2, then Boot, goes through Fdsisk & disklabel, then
	(as there's only 1 pcmcia slot, & I cant even with a device
	rescan get it to see an ethernet pcmcia or pcmcia cdrom
	card) ...  I try to do ftp install, using PLIP or SLIP ...
	& find it doesnt see either of the 2 serials (I guess one
	is mouse) or the parallel port, as well as not recognising
	the fresh plugged in & rescanned 3C589C pcmcia ethernet
	(that works well on other FreeBSD boxes)

I've checked with the Win95 Toshiba HDSetup.exe (all you get instead
of a real BIOS, & runs under hated MS), but the parallal port seems
OK, set to ECP. Hdsetup.exe allows me no access to sio so I guess
theyre OK.

I'm not desperate enough to do a floppy install, & won't ever be,
I guess I need to try eg some irq loader.conf magic, maybe tomorrow,

4.10 is installing now, it's going like a breeze, I even swapped
card in pcmcia slot, ether recognized no problem, ftp logged in &
loading (except Very slow, I have some intermittent local ethernet
problem & or possibly a libretto/ether problem nothing to do with
5.3.

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Julian Stacey.  Unix,C,Net & Sys. Eng. Consultant, Munich.  http://berklix.com
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