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From: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie>
Subject: Re: i386/32830: FreeBSD 4.4 install fails on Thinkpad 750 
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The following reply was made to PR i386/32830; it has been noted by GNATS.

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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