Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 17:09:19 +0200 From: Jonas Bulow <jonas.bulow@servicefactory.se> To: Jason <username@cac.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.1 on IBM Thinkpad T20 Message-ID: <39C6301F.8D2F466A@servicefactory.se> References: <39C62A47.3B9C7FBF@servicefactory.se> <003101c02180$1b6358c0$df026b83@jason>
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Hi! Jason wrote: > > Sounds like maybe the MBR got FUBAR. How did you go about the partitioning > and labeling? did you install a boot manager? But the disk works if I put it into a thinkpad 600X or an old thinkpad 770 so the MBR can't be broken. I installed the freebsd boot manager. I tried to install a "standard" MBR but that didn't change the symptoms. I found it weird that I can't boot from a floppy if I have freebsd on the harddrive. And yes, "removable media" is the first bootable media. /jonas > > -Jason > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jonas Bulow" <jonas.bulow@servicefactory.se> > To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 10:44 AM > Subject: FreeBSD 4.1 on IBM Thinkpad T20 > > > 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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