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Date:      Sun, 7 Oct 2001 13:41:20 +0200
From:      "Torfinn Ingolfsen" <torfinn.ingolfsen@oslo.online.no>
To:        freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   ThinkPads, PS2 and tpctl? (Was: Re: recommended notebook for FreeBSD)
Message-ID:  <3BC05B80.9924.5B3CA81@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <200110051622.f95GMOk12754@ptavv.es.net>
References:  Your message of "Fri, 05 Oct 2001 10:44:03 EDT."             <LAW2-F861MfHGJDmOnz0001fb89@hotmail.com> 

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Kevin Oberman writes:
> 
> First, ThinkPads use a separate utility, ps2, to set up most BIOS
> options. Only a couple of things are adjustable from the boot setup
> mode. While ps2 will not run under FreeBSD, you can make a bootable OS
> floppy with the ps2.exe file on it (if you have Windows on your 600E)
> or download a floppy image from the IBM web site. (Sorry, but I don't
> have the URL, but it's in the archives and not too hard to find on the site.)

Maybe somebody could look at tpctl (http://tpctl.sourceforge.net/) 
and see if it would work under Linux emulation, or even better, port 
it to FreeBSD.
-- 
Torfinn Ingolfsen,
Norway

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