On 6/15/07, Felix kronlage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 10:23:05PM +0200, Henning Brauer wrote:
>
> > > Also, I did not bother to try installing a non-Lenovo wireless card
> > > because Thinkpads have a BIOS whitelist that refuses to recognize
> > > "unauthorized" cards.  Some people have modified the BIOS to solve
> this
> > > problem, but the modification attempts sometimes corrupt the BIOS and
> make
> > > the computer un-bootable, which I wasn't willing to risk.  See
> > err?
> > it is as trivial as
> > sudo pkg_add tpwireless
> > and running that thing once.
>
> tpwireless does not work on models like x41 and others of that age
> (and even newer models completly changed bios).
> It will patch the bios, yet the bios will still refuse to boot
> the machine with an un-authorized card in it.
>
> darn, I have a x41 tablet I wanted to swap the iwi out with a ral




felix

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