apm problem on Thinkpad T21, 4.8-RELEASE

Guy Middleton guy at obstruction.com
Wed Oct 22 06:09:04 PDT 2003


On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 08:13:49PM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> The problem is that Windows sets BIOS dynamically from the registry at
> boot time.  That's why the Windows setting is not seen from FreeBSD.
> 
> To change this in 4.8, boot Windows, bring up a command window, and
> use the ps2 command to modify the BIOS settings in CMOS memory. Those
> will "stick" and work for FreeBSD.

This works perfectly.  I would never have found it myself, thanks very much.

 -Guy
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