Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 00:40:48 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@flat.berklix.net> To: Vince Hoffman <jhary@unsane.co.uk> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Toshiba 5100-603 - any problems ? Message-ID: <200408032240.i73Mencv012002@flip.jhs.private> In-Reply-To: Message from Vince Hoffman <jhary@unsane.co.uk> of "Tue, 03 Aug 2004 14:31:39 BST." <20040803142720.L47832@unsane.co.uk>
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Vince Hoffman wrote: > On Tue, 3 Aug 2004, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > > I Wrote: > > > Toshiba 5100-603 laptop ........ > > Bruce M Simpson wrote: > > > On Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 02:48:49AM +0200, Julian Stacey wrote: > > > > I expect I'll have the normal disgusting Toshiba mess: can only > > > > access BIOS via M$: This box has no internal floppy, just an external > > > > USB flop, I believe, so more agro there I guess. I might have to, > > > > for the first time in my life, just squeeze the M$ down to a few > > > > Gig, & leave minimal M$ excrement in place, at least initially, > > > > despite normal desire to zap M$ completely off any drive I lay hands on > ? > > > A local user here in London informed me of the following: > > > http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/download_bios.j > sp?z > > > =13&service=UK > > > > > > Apparently if you select the 'Traditional' BIOS update download, you don' > t > > > need Windows. Updates for the Satellite 5100-603 appear to be available. > > > > Thanks, I used that: Yes, you dont need Windows to update the BIOS, > > I flashed an upgrade that way via floppy. But I still don't know > > how to Access the BIOS direct at boot. > > Maybe you can private mail me the name of your local user in London > > who presumably uses one under FreeBSD please ? > > I havent tried on the satellite series, but for the > majority of tosh laptops you can hold escape as soon as you power on till > it gives an error and says press f1 to enter setup (ie the bios,) (works > on the tecra 750+ , tecra 8000, 8100, 8200 and portege a100 and another > portege i forget the model number, so am pretty sure its a universal tosh > laptop thing.) Thanks, Just tried that & it said "Press [F1] key for default setting. (It's only got M$ on right now, no 2nd partition for BSD) I haven't run FIPS yet. Holding down F12 after power up till the red Toshiba script comes up give a chance to boot off cdrom. I've still not got into the BIOS proper though ... if there even is a BIOS interface. Maybe they only ever had HWsetup.exe. Ugh ! - Julian Stacey. Unix C & Net Services Consultant, Munich. http://berklix.com Mail Ascii plain text. Html dumped as Spam. Ihr Rauch = mein allergischer Kopfschmerz. Nimm Schnupftabak !
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