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Date:      Sun, 30 Sep 2001 19:06:16 -0400
From:      Andrew BOGECHO <andrewb@cs.mcgill.ca>
To:        Doug Reynolds <mav@wastegate.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Boot CD crashes Thinkpad iSeries 1300 (Model 11719XU)
Message-ID:  <20010930190616.A3750@cs.mcgill.ca>
In-Reply-To: <200109300556.BAA79491@ccn.CS.McGill.CA>; from mav@wastegate.net on Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 01:55:28AM -0400
References:  <200109300556.BAA79491@ccn.CS.McGill.CA>

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Sun Sep 30 19:05:35 EDT 2001

I do not know how to do that. Please let me know.

Andrew.

On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 01:55:28AM -0400, Doug Reynolds wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Sep 2001 22:12:42 -0400, Andrew BOGECHO wrote:
> 
> >I have to setup an IBM Thinkpad, the user wanted Linux, on it, but
> >because this model has a CDRW drive, Redhat 7.1, Mandrake 8.0 and
> >Mandrake 8.1 all seem to hang on the install.
> >
> >Thinking that maybe the user would finally appreciate the beauty
> >of FreeBSD, I tried installing 4.4-RELEASE, but it hangs as soon
> >as it gets to:
> >
> >usb0: SMM does not respond, resetting
> >
> >The same problem happens to FreeBSD 4.3 and FreeBSD 4.1.1. I also
> >tried NetBSD but that also hangs.
> >
> >So currently, I am stuck with a laptop that only has windows and a
> >large stack of newly burned CDs (which I have tested, and work on
> >other machines). I have also looked into the BIOS, and saw no way of
> >disabling USB.
> 
> try disabling usb in the kernal config when you are booting for the
> first time
> 
> ---
> doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net
> 

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