From owner-freebsd-mobile Mon Oct 8 2: 9:19 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from raven.ravenbrook.com (raven.ravenbrook.com [193.82.131.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6B2737B408; Mon, 8 Oct 2001 02:09:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from thrush.ravenbrook.com (thrush.ravenbrook.com [193.112.141.249]) by raven.ravenbrook.com (8.11.6/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f9899Aa08335; Mon, 8 Oct 2001 10:09:10 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from nb@ravenbrook.com) Received: from thrush.ravenbrook.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by thrush.ravenbrook.com (8.11.4/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f9897tx28807; Mon, 8 Oct 2001 10:07:55 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from nb@thrush.ravenbrook.com) From: Nick Barnes To: Greg Lehey Cc: Kevin Oberman , Kenneth Mays , freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: recommended notebook for FreeBSD In-Reply-To: Message from Greg Lehey of "Sun, 07 Oct 2001 16:43:47 +0930." <20011007164347.A27648@wantadilla.lemis.com> Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 10:07:55 +0100 Message-ID: <28805.1002532075@thrush.ravenbrook.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 2001-10-07 07:13:47+0000, Greg Lehey writes: > On Saturday, 6 October 2001 at 12:52:20 -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: > >> Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 13:27:38 +0930 > >> From: Greg Lehey > >> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG > >> > >> On Friday, 5 October 2001 at 9:22:24 -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: > >> > >>> First, ThinkPads use a separate utility, ps2, to set up most BIOS > >>> options. Only a couple of things are adjustable from the boot setup > >>> mode. While ps2 will not run under FreeBSD, you can make a bootable OS > >>> floppy with the ps2.exe file on it (if you have Windows on your 600E) > >>> or download a floppy image from the IBM web site. (Sorry, but I don't > >>> have the URL, but it's in the archives and not too hard to find on the > >>> site.) > >> > >> I don't know the 600E, which is not a current production machine, but > >> the newer machines don't need a separate setup utility. I suspect > >> that most of the other comments are related to this particular model > >> as well. > > > > As far as I know, the current ThinkPads including the T and A series > > (and probably the X) still use ps2 to setup BIOS. This is hear-say, > > though, so I may be wrong. > > I have a T22, and it doesn't need this setup program. Isn't there a problem with the BIOS on T-series Thinkpads? Something to do with the partition types? Nick B To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message