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On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, J.G. Holstein wrote:

> Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:34:21 +0100
> From: J.G. Holstein <j.holstein@hccnet.nl>
> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: freebsd on IBM
> 
> Hello,
> 
> 
> My question is that I have a IBM R30 thinkpad is it posible to install FreeBSD on this machine.
> 
> Video card  = trident cyberblade 
> 
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Johan Holstein
> 

I've installed free- and open-bsd on a couple Thinkpads. FWIW FreeBSD runs 
like a charm on my 600e - if I didn't require qin4lin I'd be running it 
instead of Linux.

It should install ok - remember that the XFree86 setup is almost identical 
with Linux and FreeBSD on laptops - if you can't find a HOWTO on how to 
setup your video card seek out a linux-for-laptops page (there are lots) 
and use its XFRee86 section as a guide.

And don't expect the onboard winmodem to work without some *serious* 
hacking. It will work, but only after a lot of effort as I understand it. 
If you have onboard 10/100 ethernet it should work fine. 

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