Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 12:09:28 +0000 From: Julian <jmw@ptolserv.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Installation on a Thinkpad 750 Message-ID: <loqm0uc5eqvdvblubemfnalh4eu8nq5ucs@127.0.0.1>
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Hi,=20 I have the 4.4 CD set, and I am trying to install on an elderly Thinkpad 750 (486SL/33, no CDROM drive). Unfortunately, I am having problems (and there don't seem to be any solutions listed on the freebsd site): I created the three boot disks (for a subsequent install using ftp over PLIP), and then tried booting from the first (Kernel). This stops almost immediately with the following messages: Disk error 0x4 (lba=3D0c38) Disk error 0x4 (lba=3D0c38) No /boot/loader >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:fd(0,a)/kernel boot: Disk error 0x4 (lba=3D0c38) No /kernel >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:fd(0,a)/kernel boot: and then sits waiting for input. I know that the thinkpad has a strange floppy interface (you need a "floppy=3Dthinkpad" parameter to be able to boot with a Linux boot disk). Is there an equivalent way to specify this on FreeBSD?=20 I have tried recompiling a kernel on my desktop installation (and transferring it to the floppy) with the extra flags on the floppy and keyboard interfaces that seem to refer to thinkpads, but this doesn't seem to have helped either. The floppy disk (pre-modification) booted happily on desktop machines, so I don't think it is a problem with the floppy itself. It is also readable on the FreeBSd desktop machine Looking at the boot floppy, there appears to be a configuration file for the loader, is there a parameter that I need to add here?=20 People seem to have been able to run earlier (3.x??) versions on TP750s, so has something been removed/changed perhaps? Thanks for any help you can offer.=20 -Julian (I also tried asking in c.o.fb.misc, but no one seems to know the solution there either!) --=20 Julian Wald To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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