Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 01:33:58 +0100 From: Marc Espie <espie@schutzenberger.liafa.jussieu.fr> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: NetBSD-users@NetBSD.org, misc@openbsd.org, FreeBSD mobile Mailing List <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Problems running NetBSD or OpenBSD on newer IBM laptops? Message-ID: <20001130013357.A6802@schutzenberger.liafa.jussieu.fr> In-Reply-To: <20001130090555.A53001@echunga.lemis.com>; from grog@lemis.com on Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 09:05:55AM %2B1030 References: <20001130090555.A53001@echunga.lemis.com>
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On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 09:05:55AM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > > > > We have a couple of T20s' running FreeBSD, so this particular behavior > > seems to be related to changes for the *21 models. The T20 guys are > > never going to "upgrade" their BIOS after this mess. > > If this analysis is correct, there should be no problems running > NetBSD or OpenBSD on these machines, since they use different > partition numbers. Can anybody confirm or deny? Open uses A6. Nevertheless, the IBM people are a bunch of opportunistic morons. Where `free software', as a wave to surf, rhymes with `linux' and nothing else. Could make an interesting slashdot story, probably needs to be submitted several times until they get a clue... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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