Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 14:42:33 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Stan Osborne <stan@craigslist.org> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie Mobile questions Message-ID: <200003242242.OAA05262@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 24 Mar 2000 14:02:31 PST." <Pine.LNX.4.21.0003241342510.9134-100000@cnewmark.craigslist.net>
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Stan, I run FreeBSD on my 600E and will take a stab at your questions: > o Is PAO 3.4-RELEASE available on bootable CDROM for a fee? Not that I am aware of, but I would not recommend PAO for the ThinkPad. Most of the PAO stuff has been folded into 3.4-Release including PCCARD support and APM. My experience is that PAO will cause more problems than it solves for the 600E. > o Is there anything particularly unique about installing > FreeBSD on an IBM Thinkpad? Yes! (If you have more than 64 MB of RAM on the ThinkPad.) There is something weird about the ThinkPad that messes up the ability of FreeBSD to properly size memory at boot time and the result is that the boot will simply hang. The fix is to remove the extra memory card leaving 64 MB and installing FreeBSD. Then build a new kernel and add the MAXMEM parameter to tell the kernel how much memory you actually have. Re-install the extra memory card and boot the new kernel. (It's a pain, but it's the only way to get FreeBSD to boot.) options MAXMEM=n where 'n' = ((MB on the system) -1) * 1024 For a 128 MB system, 127*1024=130048 for a 192 MB system, 191*1024=195584 Watch static procedures when removing. handling or installing the memory. > o Is there a favored boot loader for dual-boot configurations? I use the "standard" FreeBSD Boot Manager. If you use the installation CD, it is the default. > o When will there be a PAO 4.0-RELEASE? I don't know when or if there will be one now that most or all of the PAO stuff has been folded back into the main line code. > o Have I been totally clueless and missed something obvious? Nope. I wish I had asked these questions before installing. Would have saved me some frustration! R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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