> Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 22:57:56 -0400 (EDT) > From: John Bleichert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Chip Norkus wrote: > > > Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 18:51:20 -0500 > > From: Chip Norkus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: IBM 600E installation with FreeBSD 3.5 > > > > On Sat Oct 05, 2002; 12:39PM -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] propagated the following: > > > Greetings, > > > > > > I tried to install FreeBSD 3.5 on IBM 600E Laptop , the following error message >pops up but 4.4 is working properly on the same type of machine. > > > > Hi. I've got a 600E. Make sure you've got the absolute latest BIOS > > updates from IBM. Also, you probably won't have any luck getting the sound > > working. :/ Good luck! > > > > That does sound like an aged BIOS. How old is the 600e? Also, I was able > to get sound working only with the onboard modem disabled (ps2.exe or > win32 thinkpad utility).
The 600E is a system where almost everything works in FreeBSD, but 3.5 is just too old. Among the problems: 1. Can't install from CD. (You can boot from floppy and use the CD as the install device, though. This is NOT a BIOS problem. The boot code was fixed for this at about 4.4 or 4.5. (This is what you are hitting.) 2. Sound does not work after a suspend. Requires a minor system mod to work at all. I can provide the patch and kernel config options on request. 3. Modem will not work for releases before 4.1. Requires the comms/mwavem port of the IBM driver. 4. You MUST use the ps2 utility to adjust BIOS. E.g. enable the COM1 port. It is on the Windows distributed with the 600e, but a bootable, stand-alone floppy image may be downloaded from the IBM web site. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
