From: George Yanos (gyanos_at_uic.edu)
Date: Sun Oct 01 2000 - 13:34:53 EDT
There are a set of drivers, video, track point, audio, even the
winmodem, that you get from IBM. I don't know the specific address to
use to download them because of poor memory and because I have a 600x,
but the video driver is vftpros and you can probably find that on their
support web site. I found their web site to be low key but very
helpful.
On Sun, 1 Oct 2000 jbrush_at_aros.net wrote:
>I am not sure if there is a specific group or list that deals strictly
>with OS/2 on a Thinkpad, but I thought I might start here and see if I get
>a pointer or a FAQ.
>
>Lacking another place, I hope its okay to ask the questions in this forum.
>
>I have used OS/2 exclusively since v2.1, but my 760E came with Win98 so I
>left it on, but its starting to get on my nerves, and I am ready to set up
>the boot manager and work on getting OS/2 installed.
>
>Got all the files, and read the Notebook/2 site, and observed the obvious,
>that basically I should just do a simple install first, and then add the
>video, audio, etc after its up and running. That is the only way to
>install anything, IMO :)
>
>I used Partition Magic v 3.0 to move the Fat32 partition around to make
>room for boot manager and an HPFS partition for Warp. The first thing I
>realized was that Boot Manager (the one from Warp) has no idea what FAT32
>is, so it did not assign it a drive letter in the setup, hence I could
>only make OS/2 a primary C partition, when I want it on an extended
>logical, with a drive letter D. As I write this I am wondering if the BM
>on Partition Magic might understand the Fat32?
>
>Anyway, I went ahead and made it a primary C, and started the install,
>when I got a message saying that the mouse device wasn't working? The
>mouse in question is the trackpoint on the keyboard. My 760E is the thin
>one, and needs to be on the docking station for the CD. I took it off,
>plugged in a PS/2 mouse, and ran the install as far as I could till it
>needed the CD, and did not get the mouse error. Problem is, the mouse
>won't plug in when its on the dock station as the eject tab 'thingy' is in
>the way, and even if I get it to install with an external mouse, I still
>need to be using the trackpoint :(
>
>Is the trackpoint button a real PS/2 mouse, or is there something I need
>to do to get the OS/2 install to see it?
>
>Thanks for the space here, and if I should be elsewhere asking these
>questions, just let me know.
>
>Best Regards,
>
>John
>
>
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