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Step 1....Decide
the method you are going to use to install..I used a PLIP network
cable..This will be important for
compiling the kernel with support built in..
Step
2....Now you need yo copy /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC
to a new file...
You will then need to edit the new
file with the following options..
machine
"i386"
cpu
"I486_CPU"
ident
#The name of your file..
maxusers
32
options
INET
options
FFS
options
FFS_ROOT
options
MFS
options
MFS_ROOT
options
NFS
options
NFS_ROOT
#MSDOSFS if you need it...
options
"COMPAT_43"
options
UCONSOLE
options
FAILSAFE
config kernel root on wd1
controller
isa0
controller
eisa0
controller
fdc0 at isa? port "IO_FD1" bio irq 6 drq 2
controller
fd0 at fdc0 drive 0
controller
wdc0 at isa? port "IO_WD1" bio irq 14
controller
wd0 at wdc0 drive 0
controller
atkbdc0 at isa? port IO_KBD tty
device
atkbd0 at isa? tty irq 1 flags
0x04
device
psm0 at isa? tty irq 12
device
vga0 at isa? port ? confilcts
pseudo-device splash
device
sc0 at isa? tty flags
0x10 #This flag along with
atkbd0 allow the keyboard to work....
options
PCVT_SCANSET=2
device
npx0 at isa? port IO_NPX irq 13
device
apm0 at isa? disable flags 0x31
controller
card0
device
pcic0 at card?
device
pcic1 at card?
device
sio0 at isa? port "IO_COM1"
flags 0x10 tty irq 4
device
ppc0 at isa? port? net irq ?
controller
ppbus0
device
nlpt0 at ppbus?
device
plip0 at ppbus?
device
ppi0 at ppbus?
pseudo-device
loop
pseudo-device
ether
pseudo-device
sl 1
pseudo-device
ppp 1
pseudo-device
tun 1
pseudo-device
pty 16
pseudo-device
gzip
options
KTRACE
options
SYSVSHM
options
SYSVMSG
options
POWERFAIL_NMI
options
INTRO_USERCONFIG
Step
3....Now you will want to run /usr/sbin/config
on you saved file and then
chage to it's make directory..Do a
'make depend' and a 'make' but not a 'make install'...
If all works, you should have a kernel
file in your make directory..Gzip the kernel file...
Step
4....Make a set of boot floppies, either from
FreeBSD or DOS..Put the kernel floppy
in the drive and mount the floppy..Copy
the new kernel to the floppy...You are now ready to
boot the Thinkpad with the floppies
and install you system...
Step
5....When sysinstall has finished, remove the
floppy and exit..Allow the computer to
reboot..When the bootsrtap loader
pauses for 10 seconds press the space bar...This will place you
in the loader...Insert the kernel
boot floppy in the drive..Do an ' lsdev '..This will show the
avabile partitions...Take note of
the ' / ' partition on the hard drive and the second partiton on
the floppy (disk0c on mine)..Do a
' set currdev= ' to the second partiton on the floppy..Do a
' load kernel '...Once it has loaded
do a ' set currdev= ' to the ' / ' partition on the hard drive...
Now ' boot ' the kernel...If everything
is right it will boot to the kernel on the disk and mount
the system on the hard drive as normal...
Step
6....Once the system is up and running it's time
to replace the old kernel...Mount the
kernel boot floppy..Change to ' /
'....Do a ' chflags noschg /kernel ' to unlock the old kernel...
Now copy the boot floppy kernel to
' / ' replacing the old kernel...Now gunzip the new kernel
and do a ' chflags schg /kernel '
to relock the new kernel...Remove the floppy and reboot....
Step
7....Did it work??? If it did shout hoorraayyy!!!
It took several days to figure all this
stuff out...I hope it helps someone....