Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 22:17:34 -0400 From: chris <wacky@wacky.ws> To: Gary Corcoran <gcorcoran@rcn.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM ThinkPad T20 Message-ID: <20051001221734.2eb587d4@eclipse.wacky.ws> In-Reply-To: <433F41FE.5050306@rcn.com> References: <20051001200754.3ff82b39@eclipse.wacky.ws> <433F41FE.5050306@rcn.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 22:12:14 -0400 Gary Corcoran <gcorcoran@rcn.com> wrote: > chris wrote: > > I recently came across an older Thinkpad T20. Unfortunatly I wasnt > > aware of the bios problem untill after a fresh install of > > 5.4-release took place and I rebooted. My question is, I have an > > older ThinkPad 570 that does not have a CD or floppy drive or > > working usb port. I can take the HDD out of the T20 and put it in > > the 570 and it works fine. The problem is that due to the lack of > > secondary boot device I cant wipe the disk. Does anyone have any > > suggestions on a way to get around this? If all else fails I can > > toss the HDD in my girlfrieds laptop sometime this week or > > purchase an adaptor to attach the HDD to my workstation. Either > > way any input at all would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > Chris > > > > Reference of the Bios issue - > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/install.html#BOOT-ON-THINKPAD > > Why don't you just update the BIOS, and make the problem disappear? > > Gary The box wont boot with the drive in. From what Ive gathered it wont let me flash the bios without the drive in. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Christopher Johnson - <wacky@wacky.ws> [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDP0M+iCWVx3yJMsURAijTAKCYPmP7cJ9XdJsy8CIhM/+aU3PD4ACfcOSu O9rBGvfzSASQ5ux+T0wN4Jw= =blln -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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