Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 10:52:38 -0400 From: "Jason" <username@cac.net> To: "Jonas Bulow" <jonas.bulow@servicefactory.se> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.1 on IBM Thinkpad T20 Message-ID: <003101c02180$1b6358c0$df026b83@jason> References: <39C62A47.3B9C7FBF@servicefactory.se>
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Sounds like maybe the MBR got FUBAR. How did you go about the partitioning and labeling? did you install a boot manager? -Jason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonas Bulow" <jonas.bulow@servicefactory.se> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 10:44 AM Subject: FreeBSD 4.1 on IBM Thinkpad T20 > Hi! > > I installed freebsd 4.1 on a IBM Thinkpad T20. What happens is that the > computer won't boot at all, not even from floppy or CD-rom. It is not > even possible to enter the bios setup. > > If I remove the hardrive, then it is possible to boot from floppy/cd-rom > and it is possible to get into the bios setup. > > First I thougt the hardrive wa faulty but I inserted the drive into my > IBM Thinkpad 600X and it booted fine. > > The only way to "solve" the problem was to remove the FreeBSD partition > when the drive was inserted as the second drive in my TP 600X. > > What is this all about? Who paid IBM to refuse FreeBSD but allow Linux? > :-) > > Does anyone have any tips of how to successfully install freebsd on a > T20? > > regards, jonas > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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