Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 16:03:00 -0400 From: Gabriel Rocha <grocha@geeksimplex.org> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on the ThinkPad T22 Message-ID: <20010714160300.A5323@geeksimplex.org> In-Reply-To: <20010714051440.A1010@penguinsuspenders.net>
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,----[ On Sat, Jul 14, at 05:14AM, timothy r krell wrote: ]-------------- | I've been digging around on google (geocrawler as well), and I've found | several dozen reports of T21-series Thinkpads not being able to boot | after having FreeBSD installed on them. I'm looking to install FreeBSD | on my new Thinkpad T22 this weekend, but I've not been able to dig up | any information regarding the T22 and FreeBSD compatibility. Has anyone | successfully installed FreeBSD 4.3 (or any version, for that matter) on | their T22, or is this a hopeless cause? I'm hoping IBM fixed the | stupidity of doing weird things with paritition type 165 in the BIOS, | but I'd like to confirm before torching my working Linux-2.4.5 setup and | installing 4.3. Any advice/help would be appreciated. `----[ End Quote ]--------------------------- IBM fixed the issue with the Thinkpads not being able to boot in the latest BIOS revision. If if doesnt boot, just update the BIOS, or update the BIOS before installing. --gabe -- "It's not brave if you're not scared." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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