A new FreeBSD article

[Micho Durdevich]

Greetings from Mexico!

I thought you might be interested to list my article "Installing FreeBSD
on IBM Netvista S40" on your FreeBSD-articles/news page. The URL is:

http://www.q-systemsonline.com/netvista_s40.html

Abstract:
We present several ways of setting up FreeBSD operating system on IBM
Netvista S40, a so-called "legacy free" computer. The difficulty arises
because the machine has no standard AT keyboard controller, and the
existing FreeBSD subroutines for the gate A20 and for the keyboard
controller probes result inappropriate. We discuss a replacement bootstrap
code, which more carefully deals with the A20 issue. Some simple
modifications to the FreeBSD kernel code are considered, too. A manual
method for preparing a bootable installation CD, suitable for both
Netvista and all standard configurations, is examined. Installations of
DragonFly, NetBSD, OpenBSD and OS/2 are also discussed.

Best wishes,
Micho Durdevich


                Desde la Infinita Ciudad de Mexico...
                            Micho Durdevich

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