From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 20 18:09:49 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C2CC16A4CE for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 18:09:49 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mailhub02.unibe.ch (mailhub02.unibe.ch [130.92.9.53]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E132D43D6A for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 18:09:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from roth@speedy.unibe.ch) Received: from localhost (scanhub03.unibe.ch [130.92.254.67]) by mailhub02.unibe.ch (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F90D76430; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 19:09:47 +0100 (MET) Received: from mailhub02.unibe.ch ([130.92.9.53]) by localhost (scanhub03.unibe.ch [130.92.254.67]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 28159-02-5; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 19:09:42 +0100 (CET) Received: from asterix.unibe.ch (asterix.unibe.ch [130.92.64.4]) by mailhub02.unibe.ch (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26F6376449; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 19:09:46 +0100 (MET) Received: from speedy.unibe.ch (speedy [130.92.64.35]) by asterix.unibe.ch (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) with ESMTP id iAKI9jd22344; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 19:09:46 +0100 (MET) Received: (from roth@localhost) by speedy.unibe.ch (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.9/Submit) id iAKI9iRu003041; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 19:09:44 +0100 (MET) Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 19:09:44 +0100 From: Tobias Roth To: Hudson Lee Message-ID: <20041120180944.GA3016@speedy.unibe.ch> Mail-Followup-To: Hudson Lee , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org References: <419E101C.10705@computer.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-message-flag: Warning! Using Outlook is insecure and promotes virus distribution. Please use a different email client. X-Virus-checked: by University of Berne cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where to get a Prism based miniPCI? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 18:09:49 -0000 On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 01:09:10PM -0500, Hudson Lee wrote: > > Good Luck changing the card in your laptop I tried that with an IBM > thinkpad t30 and my bios refused to boot with an "unauthorized minipci > card error" hopefully your laptop bios is less evil. If you have a > recent ibm laptop I suggest spending some time on the phone with ibm > to get them to reveal their list of cards their bios allows you to > use, and hope one of those is prism 2.5 or atheros! there are ways to work around these bios locks. with the help of google i was able to locate guides that tell you how. however, i have not tried this myself. cheers, t.