From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Aug 19 22:10:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA18230 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 22:10:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com ([203.8.14.118]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA18223 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 22:10:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.hilink.com.au [127.0.0.1] (may be forged)) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA00530; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 22:08:13 GMT (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199808192208.WAA00530@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Peter Jeremy cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing onto IBM ThinkPad 750 In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 20 Aug 1998 14:08:15 +1000." <98Aug20.140802est.40347@border.alcanet.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 22:08:12 +0000 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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