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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!haven.umd.edu!cs.umd.edu!rohit From: rohit@cs.umd.edu (Rohit Dube) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: BSD/OS 2.1 Problems on IBM Thinkpads Date: 3 Mar 1996 08:04:53 GMT Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 31 Message-ID: <4hbjr5$te@mimsy.cs.umd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: krackle.cs.umd.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hi, I seem to be having problems getting BSD/OS 2.1 to run on IBM Thinkpads. Here is the scenario : I have a docking station (IBM DOCK II) with an internal SCSI (2.0X) CD-ROM. I have two types of IBM Thinkpads : 750C and 755C. 750C (bios dated 14 Oct 93) ---- When I try booting of the boot floppy, I get the message loading /boot ................* on the screen. There after the floppy drive LED shows constant activity but nothing happens. 755C (bios dated 13 Sept 95) ---- Everything goes fine till I come to the part where I have to start using the keyboard. The keyboard seems to have been re-mapped (I even tried an external keyboard). Since I can't answer the configuration questions which keep popping up, I can't proceed!!! Are these known problems with known fixes? Please advise. Thanks in advance. Rohit Dube. (rohit@cs.umd.edu)