From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 5 16:22:09 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id QAA27060 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 5 Oct 1995 16:22:09 -0700 Received: from rocky.sri.MT.net (sri.MT.net [204.94.231.129]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id QAA27051 for ; Thu, 5 Oct 1995 16:22:04 -0700 Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.sri.MT.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id RAA03261; Thu, 5 Oct 1995 17:24:20 -0600 Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 17:24:20 -0600 From: Nate Williams Message-Id: <199510052324.RAA03261@rocky.sri.MT.net> To: mrami@minerva.cis.yale.edu Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD on a Butterfly (ThinkPad 701C) In-Reply-To: References: Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > My friend is getting a Butterfly on the 13th, and I, uh, I mean, he wants > to install FreeBSD. What are the gotchas with respect to installing > FreeBSD on a TP701C? Custom kernels, etc., are not a problem. If it's a standard IBM machine, you'll need to use PCVT in the boot kernel. Then, you need to install a PCVT kernel on the box since the stock kernel installed uses syscons. I tried to get a bootable IBM floppy made, but my laptop died with a dead battery and I haven't had a chance to get one made. If your friend isn't in any hurry I'll be able to help him out in a couple weeks. Nate