Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 14:06:42 +0200 From: Anders Andersson <anders@codefactory.se> To: Nick Barnes <Nick.Barnes@pobox.com> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>, Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net>, Kenneth Mays <kmays2000@hotmail.com>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: recommended notebook for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20011008140642.F22555@jellyfish.codefactory.se> In-Reply-To: <28805.1002532075@thrush.ravenbrook.com> References: <grog@FreeBSD.org> <20011007164347.A27648@wantadilla.lemis.com> <28805.1002532075@thrush.ravenbrook.com>
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On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 10:07:55AM +0100, Nick Barnes wrote: > 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 <grog@FreeBSD.ORG> > > >> 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? That issue is fixed in more recent version of BIOS to Thinkpads. At least for A and T-series. -- Anders Andersson anders@codefactory.se CodeFactory AB http://www.codefactory.se/ Office: +46 (0)31 711 99 35 Cell: +46 (0)70 587 53 35 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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