Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 10:54:31 -0600 (CST) From: "Douglas A. Maske" <maske@maske.org> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Cc: <charlie@infoworks.net>, <lebel@lebel.org>, <drosih@rpi.edu>, <jonas.bulow@servicefactory.se> Subject: UPDATED! IBM Thinkpad T20 ISSUE!!!! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.30.0012051053430.68609-100000@ns2.maske.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.30.0012051019570.68564-100000@ns2.maske.org>
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Hello, Here is the offical doc from ibm regarding the issue. TP A20, A21, T20, T21, X20 - Unable to boot machine after installing FreeBSD Reference #: 852569850057E57E Modified on: 2000/11/21 Product Information Brand: IBM ThinkPad Product Family: ThinkPad T20, ThinkPad A21p, ThinkPad A21m, ThinkPad A21e, ThinkPad A20p, ThinkPad A20m, ThinkPad X20, ThinkPad T21 Machine Type: All Model: All TypeModel: Symptom An IBM ThinkPad will not boot to any attached device HDD, FDD, CD-ROM, etc. after an installation of the FreeBSD operating system using a default installation. Affected configurations Any IBM ThinkPad A20, A21, T20, T21, or X20. Solution Do not install a non-supprted operating system on IBM ThinkPads. IBM offers no solution for the unbootable condition because FreeBSD is not a supported operating system. Additional information ThinkPad T20 or T21 As stated in announcement letter PSG00-244, PSG 00-645, and others, the following operating systems support the ThinkPad T20 and T21: IBM OS/2 Warp Version 4 (with FixPack 11 or greater) * IBM OS/2 Warp Version 4, Japanese (with FixPack FX05005, or later) * Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition * Microsoft Windows 98 * Microsoft Windows 95 * Microsoft Windows NT(R) Workstation 4.0 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Japanese * Microsoft Windows 2000 * Announcement letter PSG00-365 for the T20 and PSG00-646 for the T21, state Caldera OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4 (U.S. English only) supports the T20 and T21 respectively. Operating systems other than those preinstalled on the systems may not provide full-feature functionality. ThinkPad A20 or A21 As stated in announcement letter PSG00-242, PSG00-640, and others, the following operating systems support the ThinkPad A20 and A21: Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition * Microsoft Windows 98 * Microsoft Windows 95 * Microsoft Windows NT(R) Workstation 4.0 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Japanese * Microsoft Windows 2000 * Announcement letter PSG00-362 for the A20m and PSG00-641 for the A21m, state Caldera OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4 (U.S. English only) supports the A20m and A21m respectively. Operating systems other than those preinstalled on the systems may not provide full-feature functionality. ThinkPad A20 or A21 ThinkPad X20 As stated in announcement letter PSG00-574 the following operating systems support the ThinkPad X20: Microsoft Windows 98 * Microsoft Windows 95 * Microsoft Windows NT(R) Workstation 4.0 * Microsoft Windows 2000 * Microsoft Windows Millennium (Japan) * The HDD can be recovered to make the system bootable again using various utilities. However, IBM does not recommend any specific utility or support the use of any of these utilities. Personal Systems Group Technical Support Privacy Legal Contact On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Douglas A. Maske wrote: > Hello, > A number of people have had problems with not being able to access > their FreeBSD partition after they install on a Thinkpad T20. Well way > back when FreeBSD registered partition type 165 all was good until > recently. IBM decided to make 165 standby mode by bios default on some > laptops. I dont' know of a work around right now but I thought I would > inform people why this happens. I am currently using OpenBSD but miss > FreeBSD on my mobile. > > Thanks, > Doug > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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