Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 07:33:48 -0700 From: Mark Peek <mark@whistle.com> To: Joshua Goodall <joshua@roughtrade.net>, Kenneth Mays <kmays2000@hotmail.com> Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: IBM ThinkPad Descrution! Message-ID: <p05100302b7b15a87d67b@[207.76.207.129]> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0108281246050.23691-100000@elm.phenome.org> References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0108281246050.23691-100000@elm.phenome.org>
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At 12:48 PM +0100 8/28/01, Joshua Goodall wrote: >On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, Kenneth Mays wrote: > >> I'm using the IBM Thinkpad 600E (Type 2645-4AU) made around 6/99. Have you >> tried to install FreeBSD 4.3-Release on your Thinkpad with any luck? > >I've had a successful install on a T21 and an A21p. In both cases I only >had to workaround the partition-165 bios resume bug by tweaking the >bootloader to look for partition 166 :) > >I no longer have either, but I thought IBM were expected to fix the bios >bug. IBM did provide a fix for the partition 0xY5 (for all Y) problem in an updated BIOS. FreeBSD 4.3 works fine on my 600E, it just doesn't boot from the CD. However, FreeBSD 4.4-RC1 and above will boot from CD on the 600E. Mark Disclaimer: I work for IBM but don't blame me for the BIOS! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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