Re: install hangs on IBM Thinkpad X23
Dan Pelleg <[email protected]>
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Dru <[email protected]> writes: > On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 [email protected] wrote: > >> http://s89813419.onlinehome.us/thinkpad-floppy.iso >> >> It's not bootable - I don't think that can be done in 1.44MB. You >> will need a separate bootable DOS disk. I used MS-DOS 6.22. Maybe FreeDOS >> will work. >> >> There is also an .img version should you need a floppy image. >> >> PS2.EXE is very slow to run. But it does seem to do the job. Extract PS2.MSG >> and view it on another machine to speed things up. > > > Update: installed Firefox on the 2000 system and got the download > immediately. Extracted the utility directory to a floppy. Found an old DOS > boot disk to boot the Thinkpad into DOS. Ran the uinstall utility as > mentioned in the txt and rec'd an error saying if the error repeats to > contact IBM. The error repeated. Ran the PS2 utility which took forever, > then told me to run "ps2 ?" which took forever and did nothing. Nothing has > been added to my BIOS, but at least the utility didn't nuke it. > PS2 changes the bios options by itself. So you need to type "ps2 touchpad disable" (note: made-up example) if you want the touchpad disabled. Then you type "ps2 speedstep off" for another change, etc. "ps2 ?" should list all the options available for your hardware, and "ps2 ? speedstep" will explain about the speedstep options. "ps2 ?" not outputting anything I've never seen. > If I have time tomorrow after work I'll try making a PXE server and see if I > have any better luck with that. If I don't, I'm going shopping for a CDROM > cable. Hopefully I won't still be stuck with a BIOS issue... > > Out of curiosity, Dan, can you send me your BIOS revision from a working > laptop? I'm pretty sure I have the original one--it's dated from 2002. > Will do, as soon as I can conveniently reboot and check. -- Dan Pelleg _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"