Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 16:48:55 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> Cc: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net>, Kenneth Mays <kmays2000@hotmail.com>, Nick.Barnes@pobox.com, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: recommended notebook for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20011007164855.B27648@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <15294.36771.792686.918118@nomad.yogotech.com>; from nate@yogotech.com on Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 10:59:15PM -0600 References: <LAW2-F861MfHGJDmOnz0001fb89@hotmail.com> <200110051622.f95GMOk12754@ptavv.es.net> <20011006132738.F13748@wantadilla.lemis.com> <15294.36771.792686.918118@nomad.yogotech.com>
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On Friday, 5 October 2001 at 22:59:15 -0600, Nate Williams wrote: >>>> A recommended laptop for FreeBSD v4.4 is the IBM Thinkpad 600E (Model: >>>> 2645-4au) series. I was testing for v4.3 and 4.4 of FreeBSD. Zero problems. >>> >>> While I think my 600E (2645-5AU) is a great platform for FreeBSD, >>> there are a couple of gotchas that hit the new user. Once fixed, they >>> are easy to forget about (with the exception of sound). >>> >>> 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. > > Sure they do. How do you enable/disable IrDA on your ThinkPad? Either > with the Windows utility (which is a wrapper around PS2), or with the > DOS PS2 utility. Ah. I don't use IrDA. I've found all the stuff I needed in the BIOS setup menu. OK, I find a ps2 program on this system. It's misleading at least to say that you need to use it for all BIOS settings, though. >> Some more recent Thinkpads come with a built-in PCI Ethernet card, >> which is both faster and easier to integrate than the PCMCIA cards. > > Very true. However, the built-in card doesn't support 10-base 2, which > is what I have at my home, so I have to use the older combo PCMCIA card. Yes, I'd be astounded to find a new machine with 10Base 2. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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