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From: Seppo Ruuskanen <Seppo.Ruuskanen@axis.se>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Thinkpad 360CE
Date: 14 Aug 1995 04:22:08 GMT
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terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) wrote:
>> Has anyone gotten FreeBSD (either 2.0 or 2.0.5) running on an IBM Thinkpad
>> 360CE?  I got it to boot from the boot floppy, but when it gets to the menu,
>> the keyboard does not seem to function at all.  I can't select any options.
>> 
>> I have successfully installed both 2.0 and 2.0.5 on my desktop machine, so I
>> do know how to install it.
>> 
>> Jeff Wilson
>> wilson@vnet.ibm.com    <- Internet
>> IBM EDA/PD East Fishkill, NY
>
>By default the Thinkpad initializes to type 2 scancodes.
>
>You should build a kernel on your desktop machine with the option
>(documented in the LINT configuration file) to force the console driver
>to use type 2 scancodes.
>
>Then use that kernel instead of the default kernel on the install disks
>to perform the install.
>
>
>					Terry Lambert
>					terry@cs.weber.edu
>---
>Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
>or previous employers.

How do I do that?, I have not found a way to build a new boot(install)
floppy!. There is more in the bootfloppy than just the kernel.
Anyway, if it is a secret I'm satisfied if I just can put my hands on
a bootfloppy that works with Thinkpad 360/370. So if You want to share
such a thing with us Thinkpadowners please let us know via this news-
group!

Yours Seppo Ruuskanen