Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 22:08:12 +0000 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@auss2.alcatel.com.au> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing onto IBM ThinkPad 750 Message-ID: <199808192208.WAA00530@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 20 Aug 1998 14:08:15 %2B1000." <98Aug20.140802est.40347@border.alcanet.com.au>
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> I'm trying to install 2.2.6-RELEASE onto a ThinkPad 750. Although the > kernel config editor works correctly, sysinstall doesn't. I presume the > problem is related to the ThinkPad keyboard handling. > > Does anyone have a 2.2.6 (or similar) boot floppy that's compatible > with the 750? Alternatively, how can I build a boot floppy without > going through the entire `build a release' process? Looking thru > the archives, I found something from HOSOKAWA Tatsumi in 1995, but > things have obviously changed since then, because it doesn't work. >From the "trouble" help text: Q: I booted the install floppy on my IBM ThinkPad (tm) laptop, and the keyboard is all messed up. A: Older IBM laptops use a non-standard keyboard controller, so you must tell the console driver (sc0) to go into a special mode which works on the ThinkPads. Change the sc0 'Flags' to 0x10 in UserConfig and it should work fine. (Look in the Input Menu for 'Syscons Console Driver'.) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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