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Date:      Thu, 30 Nov 2000 11:04:51 -0700 (MST)
From:      Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
To:        bmah@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        Gunnar Flygt <flygt@sr.se>, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Can this really be true? FreeBSD not working on IBM T20's 
Message-ID:  <14886.38595.425732.755712@nomad.yogotech.com>
In-Reply-To: <200011301739.eAUHdjk00582@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com>
References:  <20001130180724.A45345@sr.se> <200011301739.eAUHdjk00582@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com>

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> > Is this really the situation, that FreeBSD is not booting on the latest
> > IBM thinkpads? That would really be a pity, since I was going to buy
> > such a nice little beast after newyear.
> > 
> > http://bsdtoday.com/2000/November/News342.html
> 
> You know, this really isn't a -stable question.
> 
> If you go read the mailing list archives for freebsd-mobile in, say, the
> last few days, you'll see all that's currently known on the subject of 
> getting FreeBSD to work on a T20 or any of recent siblings.  You can 
> start with this message, which kicked off the whole thing:
> 
> <3A23C3D2.E8C59D1E@servicefactory.se>
> 
> As I read it, some people have had success and others haven't.  It's 
> difficult to figure out what the problem is, since there are so many 
> variables involved and the messages in the thread don't always have the 
> details needed to fully analyze the problem.

I think Ken Key's experience points to it being a partitionID problem,
since he's done the most testing.

My testing was much more slipshod...



Nate


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