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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.uoregon.edu!csulb.edu!news.sgi.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in3.uu.net!ausnews.austin.ibm.com!rtpnews.raleigh.ibm.com!news@rtpnews.raleigh.ibm.com From: tjevans@raleigh.ibm.com (Thomas Evans) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware Subject: Re: FreeBSD & XFree86 on ThinkPad Date: 01 Oct 1996 10:28:35 -0400 Organization: TCP/IP development Lines: 12 Sender: tjevans@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com Message-ID: <m2ybhqrc6k.fsf@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com> References: <52q926$q78@scream.auckland.ac.nz> Reply-To: tjevans@raleigh.ibm.com NNTP-Posting-Host: evans.raleigh.ibm.com In-reply-to: peter@scitec.auckland.ac.nz's message of 1 Oct 1996 05:09:26 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.1 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:28371 comp.os.linux.hardware:51949 fyi, FreeBSD doesn't work on some thinkpads, you need a special boot disk which is a complicated and undocumented process requiring 600M of free space on a freebsd system, UGH!! Its interesting to note that Linux installed no problem (network installed over PCMCIA card), and Linux also supports the PP Zip drive. If you do get FreeBSD installed, X should work. Regards, -- Tom Evans tjevans@raleigh.ibm.com Disclaimer: My views are my own, your mileage might vary, taxes are extra, etc