Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 21:00:07 -0800 (PST) From: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/32830: FreeBSD 4.4 install fails on Thinkpad 750 Message-ID: <200212070500.gB7507e4051799@freefall.freebsd.org>
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From: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
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Subject: Re: i386/32830: FreeBSD 4.4 install fails on Thinkpad 750
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2002 04:59:00 +0000
Adding to the audit trail:
In message <qsuouu49tudn4nugrc0mbsaqk9splm94id@elrond>, Julian Wald writes:
>Dear Ian Dowse
>On Sun, 1 Dec 2002 12:57:01 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
>> Do more recent releases still fail on this machine?
>Unfortunately, my old 750 is now used for research work by a relative
>in Wales ;) As a result I don't have easy access anymore.
>
>FreeBSD certainly works on the 600X that replaced it, though :)
>
>I certainly never got any version of *any* *BSD (Free/Net/Open) to
>boot on this old machine. The problem is the 2.88Mb floppy, with the
>reversed floppy-present indicator (don't ask why - IBM just seems to
>love doing things differently!). FWIW, Linux solves this problem with
>a kernel option ("floppy=3Dthinkpad") that can be passed at boot time,
>unfortunately none of the BSDs seem to have this possibility. This
>machine was too old to use a CDROM drive, so the only way to get
>anything on to it was boot from floppy, and then use ftp via a network
>connection (plip, ethernet etc).
>
>The result was always a failure at the initial boot stage (after the
>kernel loads, IIRC), asking for the floppy to be present, even though
>the disk was definitely present. I tried several different good
>floppies, so I don't think it was to do with bad floppys.
>
>If this could be fixed, it would be great, as 750s are still around
>cheaply, and I might even get my old 750 back one day ;)
>
>Best wishes
>
>
>-Julian
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