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From: moore@cs.utk.edu (Keith Moore)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: BSD w/ 750C
Date: 4 Apr 1994 22:48:20 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Tenn. Computer Science, Knoxville
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In article <2nahvn$758@scunix2.harvard.edu>, chan4@husc7.harvard.edu (Derek Chan) writes:
> Hi!  Umm...I've heard that BSD (NetBSD) works w/ my ThinkPad 750C (2.88 
> drive).
> 
> Does it matter which release I use?  Net/386/Free?  I'm confused...and 
> I've been reading this newsgroup for a while.  Is there a FAQ that covers 
> all the diff. releases?  Or could someone, please tell me the differences
> between each and where I can get the latest releases?  Thanks

I have netbsd 0.9 running on my tp750.  The tp750 requires patches
that are not part of any official release, but may make it in someday.

For the time being you need to have a working netbsd 0.9 system with
kernel source code.  You can then apply patches to that machine's
source code to create a diskette that boots on a thinkpad 750.  Once
you have that diskette, you can install netbsd on the thinkpad.

Since, there aren't a lot of instructions, you probably can't do this
unless you already know your way around a BSD-ish kernel.

But for those who want the patches, ftp to cs.utk.edu and cd to 
pub/moore/netbsd and grab whatever you find useful.

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