Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 22:12:14 -0400 From: Gary Corcoran <gcorcoran@rcn.com> To: chris <wacky@wacky.ws> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM ThinkPad T20 Message-ID: <433F41FE.5050306@rcn.com> In-Reply-To: <20051001200754.3ff82b39@eclipse.wacky.ws> References: <20051001200754.3ff82b39@eclipse.wacky.ws>
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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 - > 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
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