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Date:      Mon, 8 Oct 2001 12:01:42 -0600
From:      Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
To:        Nick Barnes <Nick.Barnes@pobox.com>
Cc:        Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.ORG>, Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net>, Kenneth Mays <kmays2000@hotmail.com>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: recommended notebook for FreeBSD 
Message-ID:  <15297.59910.228688.638050@nomad.yogotech.com>
In-Reply-To: <28805.1002532075@thrush.ravenbrook.com>
References:  <grog@FreeBSD.org> <20011007164347.A27648@wantadilla.lemis.com> <28805.1002532075@thrush.ravenbrook.com>

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> > > As far as I know, the current ThinkPads including the T and A series
> > > (and probably the X) still use ps2 to setup BIOS. This is hear-say,
> > > though, so I may be wrong.
> > 
> > I have a T22, and it doesn't need this setup program.

Actually, it does for certain features, but apparently Greg hasn't
needed to reconfigure those features.

> Isn't there a problem with the BIOS on T-series Thinkpads?  Something
> to do with the partition types?

There used to be problems, but IBM fixed the BIOS on them.  You can
download an updated BIOS for the older models as well.  (A co-worker did
that last week on his.)



Nate

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