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cc: Joe Shmoe <solo457@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: installed freebsd on ibm thinkpad a21e
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On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 2:51 pm, Joe Shmoe wrote:
> After i installed freebsd on my machine it would no longer boot. I
> found out after about the critical error and all the posts about
> freebsd not working on a2 thinkpads. If i hit f1 or f12 it gives me
> the loading screen and nothing happens and boot diskettes i put in
> my floppy drive dont load prolly cause the os wont boot. How can i
> get rid of freebsd if the os wont boot and the screen doesnt get
> past the big ibm with the f1 and f12 at the bottom.Ive already
> tried putting in the cd for the fix cd-cvs and boot loader
> downloads you have on the site they didnt get recognized or prolly
> couldnt run cause the machine wouldnt boot. Im stumped on this one
> and havent gotten much help from forums so figured id directly
> email u. Id appreciate(and desperately need) your help.
>
If you pull out the hdd can you then boot from floppy?  If you can you 
can probably flash the bios and make it recoverable.