Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 16:15:59 +0200 From: Jonas Bulow <jonas.bulow@servicefactory.se> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: IBM Thinkpad T20 rejects FreeBSD Was: FreeBSD 4.1 on IBM Thinkpad T20 Message-ID: <39C7751E.50409F63@servicefactory.se> References: <39C62A47.3B9C7FBF@servicefactory.se>
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A follow-up on my own problem. The T20 does not allow a partition type of 165. If I change it to 131 (ext2fs) the computer boots fine. Otherwise, as I explained earlier, the computer hangs before it is even possible to enter the bios setup. Does anyone on this list use a IBM thinkpad T20 or A20 with FreeBSD? /j Jonas Bulow wrote: > > Hi! > > I installed freebsd 4.1 on a IBM Thinkpad T20. What happens is that the > computer won't boot at all, not even from floppy or CD-rom. It is not > even possible to enter the bios setup. > > If I remove the hardrive, then it is possible to boot from floppy/cd-rom > and it is possible to get into the bios setup. > > First I thougt the hardrive wa faulty but I inserted the drive into my > IBM Thinkpad 600X and it booted fine. > > The only way to "solve" the problem was to remove the FreeBSD partition > when the drive was inserted as the second drive in my TP 600X. > > What is this all about? Who paid IBM to refuse FreeBSD but allow Linux? > :-) > > Does anyone have any tips of how to successfully install freebsd on a > T20? > > regards, jonas > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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