From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 30 16: 6:30 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from milquetoast.cs.mcgill.ca (milquetoast.CS.McGill.CA [132.206.2.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9F0637B405 for ; Sun, 30 Sep 2001 16:06:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from andrewb@localhost) by milquetoast.cs.mcgill.ca (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA03756; Sun, 30 Sep 2001 19:06:16 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 19:06:16 -0400 From: Andrew BOGECHO To: Doug Reynolds Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot CD crashes Thinkpad iSeries 1300 (Model 11719XU) Message-ID: <20010930190616.A3750@cs.mcgill.ca> References: <200109300556.BAA79491@ccn.CS.McGill.CA> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200109300556.BAA79491@ccn.CS.McGill.CA>; from mav@wastegate.net on Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 01:55:28AM -0400 Organization: SOCS, McGill University, Montreal, CANADA Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message