Thinkpad 600E and 5.2

[Cody Baker]

Installing 5.2.1 was not a problem from CD-ROM,  went very smoothly.

Gary, I got a bounce when i tried to reply directly to you.



Gary Kline wrote:

>On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 01:21:25PM -0400, Cody Baker wrote:
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>>I have a Thinkpad 770e (PII 266) with one of the Linksys PCMPC100 
>>cards.  It does work well in FreeBSD 4.10-stable.  Do realize that you 
>>won't be able to realize true 100MB performance from one of these 16bit 
>>cards.  While we're on the subject though, I can't get anything to work 
>>in 5.2.1.  I continually get these watchdog timeout errors, be it a 
>>Cardbus card, or a 16bit card like the Linksys.  I'm planning on tossing 
>>-current on it this weekend to see if the problem has already been 
>>solved there.  If anyone has any thoughts I'd appreciate them.
>>
>>Thank You,
>>
>>Cody Baker
>>cody at spintime.org
>>330.934.0659
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>	Hmm.  Well, if the 770e series iis just an "older version"
>	of the 600E, then it looks like thw Linksys PCMPC100 is 
>	the way to fly.  --100Mb performance isn't that important.
>	I just finally upgraded my nework from 10 -> 10/100 after
>	years of working at 10.  So long as I'll be able to so 
>	-ports cvsups or stable- cvsups, and share data, speed 
>	isn't  a factor.  I'll have time for a brew:-)
>
>	Would you kindly keep me posted re your progress with your
>	experiments?  And how did you manage to get 5.2 installed
>	of your Thinkpad?  CDROM?  My 5.2.1 CDROM's are months old
>	but the install disk traps... (?)
>
>	gary
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>>Gary Kline wrote:
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>>>On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 10:01:26AM +0400, Victor Bratsev wrote:
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>>>>You should look at HARDWARE.txt for devices that work with freebsd or ask
>>>>about specific device, maybe somebody is using it.
>>>>
>>>>I've got TP600E with Xircom RE-100 (with some unresolved issues) under 
>>>>4.7-R
>>>>and 4.10-R
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>>>	(Can you describe what your "unresolved issues" are?)... .
>>>
>>>	Good points.  It seems to me that  any NIC card that works on
>>>	a laptop should work on a Thinkppad.  I'm looking at the
>>>	3Com type cards and anything that uses the DEC/Intel 21143
>>>	chipset/logic.  The Linksys cards have workrd flawlessly 
>>>	on four of my tower systems.   
>>>
>>>	According to the 4.8R HARDWARE.txt list there is:
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>>>   * Linksys EC2T/PCMPC100/PCM100, PCMLM56, EtherFast 10/100 PC Card,
>>>     Combo PCMCIA Ethernet Card (PCMPC100 V2)
>>>
>>>	If anyone on -mobile has one of these on 4.8 or later
>>>	I'll try one of these.  
>>>
>>>	Anybody??
>>>
>>>	thanks much,
>>>
>>>	gary
>>>
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>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: "Gary Kline" <kline at tao.thought.org>
>>>>To: "FreeBSD Mobile Mailing List" <freebsd-mobile at FreeBSD.ORG>
>>>>Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 9:16 AM
>>>>Subject: Thinkpad 600E and 5.2
>>>>
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>>>>>Folks,
>>>>>
>>>>>Many months ago I tried a floppy install of 5.3 on my
>>>>>HP Kayak.  It poisoned.  A few hours ago today I downloaded
>>>>>the latest 5.2 floppy set nd booted my ThinkPad 600E.
>>>>>The boot *did* see my Xircom Ethernet II adaptor, but the
>>>>>kernel poisoned and rebooted after 15 seconds.
>>>>>
>>>>>Eventually I will be able to use the Xircom.  But for now
>>>>>it's time to go back to old, STABLE 4.8.  Soooo, nutshell,
>>>>>what cards will work with my ISDL CAT5 cable in 4.8?  I'd like
>>>>>the name and model and any other id regarding the card so
>>>>>that I get it right next time.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks in advance, guys,
>>>>>
>>>>>gary
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>> Gary Kline     kline at thought.org   www.thought.org     Public service
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>>>>Unix
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