Hi,
Florian Ermisch wrote:
Swapping the general battery clears the 'CMOS' memory. I surmise that
>there is no seperate CMOS battery: I consider this a design flaw.
>
Have you checked for a separate CMOS
battery - which is probably long dead?
there is one, usually wrapped in a yellow plastic. a Lithium battery. I
have seen dozens of thinkpads of your vintage. From model to model it
might change place and way to access it. Usually under the palmrest or
under the keyboard. Sometimes near the RAM access door.
A non original hard-disk might give you a Bios error, but will work. No
need for any extra partition, you can install OpenBSD (or NetBSD or also
Linux) just straight on it. I have done that on many thinkpads, in
cluding models very similar to yours.
Riccardo
