Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 19:09:44 +0100 From: Tobias Roth <roth@iam.unibe.ch> To: Hudson Lee <hudlee@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where to get a Prism based miniPCI? Message-ID: <20041120180944.GA3016@speedy.unibe.ch> In-Reply-To: <efaa56604111910092097e9c3@mail.gmail.com> References: <419E101C.10705@computer.org> <efaa56604111910092097e9c3@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 01:09:10PM -0500, Hudson Lee wrote: > > Good Luck changing the card in your laptop I tried that with an IBM > thinkpad t30 and my bios refused to boot with an "unauthorized minipci > card error" hopefully your laptop bios is less evil. If you have a > recent ibm laptop I suggest spending some time on the phone with ibm > to get them to reveal their list of cards their bios allows you to > use, and hope one of those is prism 2.5 or atheros! there are ways to work around these bios locks. with the help of google i was able to locate guides that tell you how. however, i have not tried this myself. cheers, t.
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