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Date:      Sun, 06 Jan 2002 06:26:24 -0800
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        webdude@phreaker.net
Cc:        Michael Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: BIOS cross upgrade 
Message-ID:  <200201061426.g06EQOo02058@mass.dis.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 06 Jan 2002 15:27:37 %2B0100." <XFMail.20020106152737.webdude@phreaker.net> 

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Well, if the upgrade is available, why don't you try it and tell us 
whether it works?

> I forgot to mention that the APM BIOS I was talking about 
> is available for the particular model I have. Of course I 
> wouldn't try to use any old APM BIOS for other models. 
> But it still isn't possible ?
> 
> 
> On 06-Jan-2002 Michael Smith wrote:
> >> 
> >> This may be a stupid question, but I'll take my chances:
> >> 
> >> I have a Toshiba Satellite 4080XCDT laptop running FreeBSD 4.4 stable 
> >> w/ an 7.60 ACPI BIOS. Can I possibly overwrite this with an 
> >> APM BIOS provided by the manufacturer, to use the APM features of FreeBSD?
> > 
> > No.
> 
> -- 
> 
> best regards, 
> 
> Inge Eidsæther Syvertsen
> webdude@phreaker.net
> 
> *** If an electronic circuit cannot fail, it will. (Murphys Law) ***
> 
> (XFMail 1.5.1 on XFree86 4.1.0 running FreeBSD 4.4STABLE)
> 
> 



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