On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Peter N. M. Hansteen <pe...@bsdly.net>wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 06, 2013 at 09:49:44AM -0500, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: > > just install another 'os' like ubuntu-desktop on your laptop first. > > openbsd will install on it flawlessly after that, it did on mine. > > and yes, there was no need to change any options anywhere. > > On my daughter's brand spanking new Lenovo Ideapad $something Touch, we > needed to set the BIOS to 'legacy mode' in order to have it boot into the > Ubuntu installer and then choose some obscure linux kernel parameter for > it to switch to a usable graphics mode for the installer to complete. > > For some reason she wanted her laptop on Ubuntu and to use it herself from > that point on. > > - P > > -- > Peter N. M. Hansteen, member of the first RFC 1149 implementation team > http://bsdly.blogspot.com/ http://www.bsdly.net/ http://www.nuug.no/ > "Remember to set the evil bit on all malicious network traffic" > delilah spamd[29949]: 85.152.224.147: disconnected after 42673 seconds. > Why you people are talking about your Lenovo experience ? are you salesman ? *facepalm* -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\