Two questions on Thinkpad T41

[epilogue]

On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 00:12:03 +0200
"Per olof Ljungmark" <peo at intersonic.se> wrote:

> Dear mobile BSD folks,
> 
> I'm trying to get a Thinkpad T41 ready for the road and need advice on a 
> couple of things:
> 
> 1) The CDRW is apparently a problem. Using 5.2.1 I can boot with it but 
> if I compile the kernel with atapicam it will crash on boot, similar to 
> -current where I cannot boot at all with the drive inserted. I assume 
> there is no way around this at the moment?
> 
> 2) Modem. The built-in one is a winmodem and as such cannot be used att 
> all. After digging around in the closet I found a MultiTech pccard modem 
>   that is not in the /etc/defaults/pccard.conf list. Should I proceed 
> anyway and try it?

hello per,

you might want to double check something before writing off that
winmodem.

/usr/ports/comms/ltmdm

it doesn't support every variety of winmodem, but it does for several
of the lucent flavours -- like mine.   ;)

perhaps you'll get lucky 'and' save a few dollars.  regretfully, i cannot
advise you regarding the other points.


hth,
epi

> 3) What is the proper device name for a pccard moden inserted into slot1?
> 
> Most grateful for any suggestions here.
> 
> /per olof
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