Thinkpad slicing and boot managing

[Kevin Oberman]

> Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2003 11:43:02 +0200
> From: Lars <lars at gmx.at>
> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile at freebsd.org
> 
> Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 18:56:20 +0200
> From: Lars <lars at gmx.at>
> 
> On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 07:23:56PM +1000, Pisut Tempatarachoke wrote:
> Hi Pisut,
> 
> I bought a Thinkpad R40 and did something similar.
> 1	Yes, FAT32 or FAT16 can be written and read from both
> 	WinXP and FreeBSD.
> 2	I installed the FreeBSD Bootmanager in the MBR and
> 	I can boot both FreeBSD and WinXP flawlessly;
> 	however the WinXP entry shows up in the bootloader
> 	as "???", but works anyway -so no sweat.

That's because the basic C/H/S MBR for BootEasy does not know what
NTFS is. If you use boot0cfg to build a boot with the "-o packet"
option, it should show that slice correctly. That option also allows
you to boot FreeBSD from the second or third slice even if it is past
cyl. 1024. 

The only reason that this is not the default is that really old
hardware only supports CHS addressing in BIOS and can't boot with the
newer code. The IBM is far too new to have this problem.

> 4	My XF86Config works alright, no 3D though and could/should
> 	be optimised further, I also have 14" screen (1024x768).
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
> 	Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
> 	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
> 	InputDevice    "MouseTP" "CorePointer"
> 	InputDevice    "KeyboardTP" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Files"
> 	RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
> 	ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
> 	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
> 	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
> 	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
> 	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
> 	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Module"
> 	Load  "dbe"
> 	Load  "dri"
> 	Load  "extmod"
> 	Load  "glx"
> 	Load  "pex5"
> 	Load  "record"
> 	Load  "xie"
> 	Load  "xtrap"
> 	Load  "speedo"
> 	Load  "type1"
> EndSection

For XFree86 V4.3, I think you really want 'Load freetype"'. Also, pex5
and xie are no longer modules, so these just produce errors.

> Section "InputDevice"
> 	Identifier  "KeyboardTP"
> 	Driver      "keyboard"
> 	Option	    "XkbRules" "xfree86"
> 	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc101"
> 	Option	    "XkbLayout" "de_CH"
> EndSection

Of course, the XkbLayout option needs to be changed if you don't want
Swiss-German. 
 
> Section "DRI"
> 	Mode 0666
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> 	Identifier  "MouseTP"
> 	Driver      "mouse"
> 	Option	    "Protocol" "MouseSystems"
> 	Option	    "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
> EndSection

With any XFree86 V4, you probably want to set the protocol to
"auto". It's far more likely to work well.

> Section "Monitor"
> 	Identifier   "MonitorTP"
> 	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
> 	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
> 	HorizSync    28.0 - 50.0
> 	VertRefresh  43.0 - 75.0
> EndSection

For most LCDs, the X software will "read" the BIOS for information on
the scan rates, so this is usually not important.

> Section "Device"
>         ### Available Driver options are:-
>         ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
>         ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
>         ### [arg]: arg optional
>         #Option     "NoAccel"            	# [<bool>]
>         #Option     "SWcursor"           	# [<bool>]
>         #Option     "Dac6Bit"            	# [<bool>]
>         #Option     "Dac8Bit"            	# [<bool>]
>         #Option     "ForcePCIMode"       	# [<bool>]
>         #Option     "CPPIOMode"          	# [<bool>]
>         #Option     "CPusecTimeout"      	# <i>
>         #Option     "AGPMode"            	# <i>
>         #Option     "AGPSize"            	# <i>
>         #Option     "RingSize"           	# <i>
>         #Option     "BufferSize"         	# <i>
>         #Option     "EnableDepthMoves"   	# [<bool>]
>         #Option     "CrtScreen"          	# [<bool>]
>         #Option     "PanelSize"          	# [<str>]
>         #Option     "UseFBDev"           	# [<bool>]
> 	Identifier  "CardTP"
> 	Driver      "ati"
> 	VendorName  "ATI"
> 	BoardName   "Radeon Mobility M6 LY"
> 	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
> 	Identifier "Screen0"
> 	Device     "CardTP"
> 	Monitor    "MonitorTP"
> 	DefaultDepth     24
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth     1
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth     4
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth     8
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth     15
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth     16
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth     24
> 		Modes    "1024x768" "800x600"
> 	EndSubSection
> EndSection

The A31p support 1600x1200, so you will want to adjust the "Modes" to
allow that.
-- 
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman at es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634