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Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 10:21:50 -0400
From: David Lebel <lebel@lebel.org>
To: Jonas Bulow <jonas.bulow@servicefactory.se>
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Subject: Re: IBM Thinkpad T20 rejects FreeBSD  Was: FreeBSD 4.1 on IBM Thinkpad T20
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I'm using a A20m (Celeron 500MHz, 12GB, 192MB of RAM) which is pretty
similar with your T20 minus the fact that it's thinker and probably
doesn't have the same (CPU) with FreeBSD 4.1 w/o any problems.  Well,
that's not really true, since I'm not able to make the audio work.
One thing though;  this machine had the default Windows 98SE partition shrunk
with Partition Magic 5.0, and two partitions were created to each hold
OpenBSD 2.7 and FreeBSD.  I'm using BootMagic to boot either one of them.

Ciao,
	...DAvid

Quoting Jonas Bulow (jonas.bulow@servicefactory.se):
> A follow-up on my own problem.
> 
> The T20 does not allow a partition type of 165. If I change it to 131
> (ext2fs) the computer boots fine. Otherwise, as I explained earlier, the
> computer hangs before it is even possible to enter the bios setup.
> 
> Does anyone on this list use a IBM thinkpad T20 or A20 with FreeBSD?
> 
> /j
> 
> 
> Jonas Bulow wrote:
> > 
> > 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
> > 
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