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Date:      Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:08:57 -0400
From:      Guy Middleton <guy@obstruction.com>
To:        Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: apm problem on Thinkpad T21, 4.8-RELEASE
Message-ID:  <20031022130857.GB15276@chaos.obstruction.com>
In-Reply-To: <20031022031349.EF0B55D07@ptavv.es.net>
References:  <20031022030027.GA12641@chaos.obstruction.com> <20031022031349.EF0B55D07@ptavv.es.net>

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On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 08:13:49PM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> The problem is that Windows sets BIOS dynamically from the registry at
> boot time.  That's why the Windows setting is not seen from FreeBSD.
> 
> To change this in 4.8, boot Windows, bring up a command window, and
> use the ps2 command to modify the BIOS settings in CMOS memory. Those
> will "stick" and work for FreeBSD.

This works perfectly.  I would never have found it myself, thanks very much.

 -Guy

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