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Date:      Sat, 12 Jan 2002 15:44:13 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        John Reynolds <johnjen@reynoldsnet.org>
Cc:        , freebsd-qa@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: new CD boot image testing
Message-ID:  <XFMail.020112154413.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <15423.47797.19236.686113@whale.home-net>

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On 12-Jan-02 John Reynolds wrote:
> John B. asked me if it had a "made for Windows 2000/NT/ME" sticker on the
> laptop. Indeed it does. And, indeed I do have a bootable copy of Windows 2000
> to try. Indeed the bloody laptop doesn't even boot this disc! It goes
> straight
> to the boot0 boot manager selection from the HDD. Something's definitely "up"
> with my h/w ....

Doh. :)  Thanks very much for checking.

> So, I'm afraid without further screwing around to figure out what demons have
> possessed my laptop I can't make any conclusions on the CPx-J series. My best
> guess is that it would definitely work because of the cute Windoze sticker
> present. 

Someone reported success on either a 600 or 800 latitude I think.

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