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Date:      Sat, 20 Nov 2004 19:09:44 +0100
From:      Tobias Roth <roth@iam.unibe.ch>
To:        Hudson Lee <hudlee@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Where to get a Prism based miniPCI?
Message-ID:  <20041120180944.GA3016@speedy.unibe.ch>
In-Reply-To: <efaa56604111910092097e9c3@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <419E101C.10705@computer.org> <efaa56604111910092097e9c3@mail.gmail.com>

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On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 01:09:10PM -0500, Hudson Lee wrote:
> 
> Good Luck changing the card in your laptop I tried that with an IBM
> thinkpad t30 and my bios refused to boot with an "unauthorized minipci
> card error" hopefully your laptop bios is less evil. If you have a
> recent ibm laptop I suggest spending some time on the phone with ibm
> to get them to reveal their list of cards their bios allows you to
> use, and hope one of those is prism 2.5 or atheros!

there are ways to work around these bios locks. with the help of google
i was able to locate guides that tell you how. however, i have not tried
this myself.

cheers, t.



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