Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 10:40:11 +0200 From: Gert-Jan.Vons@ocegr.fr To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: How to install 2.0.5(-ALPHA) on a ThinkPad ? Message-ID: <9506120840.AA24251@ocegr.fr>
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Hello all,
this weekend, I installed 2.0.5-ALPHA on a no-name desktop system.
It is running fine, no problems whatsoever. Nice work guys!
I also wanted to upgrade my ThinkPad to 2.0.5-ALPHA. ThinkPads are a bit
special since the keyboard is a ps/2 one, which means that the standard
boot.flp/sysinstall won't work, the keyboard generates 'garbage'.
Until now, I just compiled a kernel with pcvt and PCVT_SCANSET=2, and
stuck it on the boot.flp.
But this doesn't work anymore now that the 2.0.5A install uses a boot.flp
with a compressed kernel and an embedded filesystem. I looked at the
makefiles in /usr/src/release, but it seems to require a full srcdist,
and I don't have enough room for that.
Can someone compile such a kernel for me, or would it be possible to make
a modified boot.flp available on freebsd.org (and/or on the 2.0.5R CD) ?
With a small patch, pcvt would be able to recognise the ThinkPad keyboard
automatically; would be nice to have it on the standard boot.flp for
future releases (Jordan ?)
Gert-Jan
PS: one other thing: I put the distribs one after the other on a single
tape, assuming/hoping that the install would use nrst0, or at least
allow me to specify the device to use. It didn't :-( Would be nice
to have that possibility in a future version of the install)
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J.G. Vons, Oce engineering Creteil, France | E-mail: Gert-Jan.Vons@ocegr.fr
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