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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!news.sgi.com!howland.erols.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-pull.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-dc-10.sprintlink.net!helena.MT.net!nate From: nate@see.my.signature (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Has anyone successfully installed any version of Freebsd onto a NEC or IBM notebook Date: 16 Dec 1996 20:22:11 GMT Organization: SRI Intl. - Montana Operations Lines: 29 Message-ID: <594b1j$elp@helena.MT.net> References: <32B30D13.6FBE@popd.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: trout.mt.sri.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:32720 [ Emailed to poster as well ] In article <32B30D13.6FBE@popd.ix.netcom.com>, David Hodge <dlhodge@ix.netcom.com> wrote: >I've been trying now for several weeks to load Freebsd onto both my IBM >370 ThinkPad or my NEC 4000 notepad/docking station. I don't know anything about the 370, but I have in my possesion NEC and IBM laptops running FreeBSD successfully. (It's kind of ironic that the two machines you are having problems with are the ones that I have am using to develop the laptop support under FreeBSD with.) >Neither attempt has produce any success. At the very beginning of any >load, via CDROM installation program, the system crashes immediately. >It seem as though the system is having real difficulty handling how the >laptop negotiates the extended memory. Hmm, I need more details. Which version of FreeBSD? What kind of 'error' are you seeing? Etc.... Nate - Mr. laptop man -- nate@sri.com | Research Engineer, SRI Intl. - Montana Operations nate@trout.mt.sri.com | Loving life in God's country, the great state of work #: (406) 449-7662 | Montana (all the crazies are now in jail 'cept us home #: (406) 443-7063 | natives). - Fly fishing fanatic!