From owner-freebsd-mobile Mon Oct 8 5: 7:22 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from skinner.codefactory.se (skinner.codefactory.se [212.32.187.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFDE837B409; Mon, 8 Oct 2001 05:07:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jellyfish.codefactory.se (dhcp-109.gbg.codefactory.se [192.168.20.109]) by skinner.codefactory.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC5A519134; Mon, 8 Oct 2001 14:08:48 +0200 (CEST) Received: by jellyfish.codefactory.se (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 07CC43E7C; Mon, 8 Oct 2001 14:06:42 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 14:06:42 +0200 From: Anders Andersson To: Nick Barnes Cc: Greg Lehey , Kevin Oberman , Kenneth Mays , freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: recommended notebook for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20011008140642.F22555@jellyfish.codefactory.se> References: <20011007164347.A27648@wantadilla.lemis.com> <28805.1002532075@thrush.ravenbrook.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <28805.1002532075@thrush.ravenbrook.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.22.1i 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 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 > > >> 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