[olug] re: favor to ask: access to a thinkpad for an afternoon

[Mat]

Carl:

PS2 port on the back of a thinkpad 570 has a mouse icon over it (mouse
only?)  Tried a PS2 keyboard with it but no response.  Also, you
apparently can't control the things BIOS with a usb keyboard.



Mat


>Mat,
>I can plug a ps2 keyboard into my  thinkpad (760).  It has a standard
>ps2 port on the back, does yours not?
>Carl

Mat wrote:

>Hi OLUGgers:
>
>Does anyone on the list own or use a thinkpad who would be willing to
>allow me to use it to format a 10 gig 2.5" harddrive and install linux
>on it?  The thinkpad chassis I'm working on does not have an operational
>keyboard, which makes installation a tad challenging.
>
>
>
>Mat Caughron
>mat at phpconsulting.com
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