Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 00:58:36 -0400 From: chris <wacky@wacky.ws> To: Gary Corcoran <gcorcoran@rcn.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM ThinkPad T20 Message-ID: <20051002005836.7cbddfed@eclipse.wacky.ws> In-Reply-To: <433F4510.9090600@rcn.com> References: <20051001200754.3ff82b39@eclipse.wacky.ws> <433F41FE.5050306@rcn.com> <20051001221734.2eb587d4@eclipse.wacky.ws> <433F4510.9090600@rcn.com>
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--Signature_Sun__2_Oct_2005_00_58_36_-0400_4UliIW7DWcnyNJg1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Good call and thank you. After playing with my burning software I was able to get it to update from a cd. I appreciate the help. Chris On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 22:25:20 -0400 Gary Corcoran <gcorcoran@rcn.com> wrote: > chris wrote: > > On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 22:12:14 -0400 > > Gary Corcoran <gcorcoran@rcn.com> wrote: > >=20 > >=20 > >>chris wrote: > >> > >>>I recently came across an older Thinkpad T20. Unfortunatly I wasnt > >>>aware of the bios problem untill after a fresh install of > >>>5.4-release took place and I rebooted. My question is, I have an > >>>older ThinkPad 570 that does not have a CD or floppy drive or > >>>working usb port. I can take the HDD out of the T20 and put it in > >>>the 570 and it works fine. The problem is that due to the lack of > >>>secondary boot device I cant wipe the disk. Does anyone have any > >>>suggestions on a way to get around this? If all else fails I can > >>>toss the HDD in my girlfrieds laptop sometime this week or > >>>purchase an adaptor to attach the HDD to my workstation. Either > >>>way any input at all would be appreciated. > >>> > >>>Thanks, > >>>Chris > >>> > >>>Reference of the Bios issue -=20 > >>>http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/install.html#BOOT= -ON-THINKPAD > >> > >>Why don't you just update the BIOS, and make the problem disappear? > >> > >>Gary > >=20 > >=20 > > The box wont boot with the drive in. From what Ive gathered it wont > > let me flash the bios without the drive in. >=20 > Right - it won't boot with the drive in, but if you disconnect > it, you can boot to the BIOS, right? You should be able to update > the BIOS with the HD disconnected. You need to take the > bootable floppy with the BIOS update and turn it into a bootable > CD. This involves using the "make a bootable CD" option, and > pointing the program (e.g. Roxio Easy CD Creator) to the floppy > to copy the boot program as well as the files. You can't simply > burn the files to a data CD and have it work - it must be bootable. > Sorry I don't have any more explicit instructions - you'll have to > figure that out or ask someone else. >=20 > Gary > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20 --=20 Christopher Johnson - <wacky@wacky.ws> =20 --Signature_Sun__2_Oct_2005_00_58_36_-0400_4UliIW7DWcnyNJg1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDP2kBiCWVx3yJMsURAk1hAKCpouupEbm3cbOVMXc1SaZQaMkR6QCfYkDq +op1qxCIQ1VpGV70dlRamO4= =dEyE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature_Sun__2_Oct_2005_00_58_36_-0400_4UliIW7DWcnyNJg1--
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