From: Flemming Jacobsen <none@fj--batmule.dk.lh.bsd-dk.dk> Subject: Re: Fw: Here is what IBM thinks about using FreeBSD on their newer Thinkpads To: bsd-dk@bsd-dk.dk Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 12:15:10 +0100 (CET)
Anders Kofoed wrote:
> I happen to have a IBM T20 labtop with 256 MB of ram, which have been
> assigned to me as my pc at my job.
>
> [ ... ]
>
> I then took the 2,5" disk and put it in my own pc (with a converter),
> and remove the bootloader - It would not boot.
> I then did all cind of things with a win2000 rescue disk and a win2000
> installation cd, trying to recover the boot sequence.
> But when I removed the UFS (165) partition, the win2k booted without
> problems.
>
> I have one one question to ask: WHY ?
The answer is in the text you quoted.
FreeBSD has been officially assigned partition ID 165.
IBM use it too for it's suspend partition. BOOM!
FJ
> On 30 Nov, Morten Seeberg wrote:
> > Jeg synes i skulle kontakte jeres leverandør og klage, selvom i måske ikke
> > kører FreeBSD, så er det godt at gøre IBM opmærksomme på, at de ikke skal
> > pisse på FreeBSD brugere bare fordi reklame værdien ikke er lige så god som
> > til IBM.
> >
> > http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-4QHLS4.html
> >
> > Nedenstående mail er blevet bekræftet af flere på mailinglisterne, som også
> > har prøvet.
> >
> > Forward videre til alle i kender der rører Thinkpads/IBM og FreeBSD.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mike Smith" <none@msmith--FreeBSD.ORG.lh.bsd-dk.dk>
> > To: "Kevin G. Eliuk" <none@kg--dccnet.com.lh.bsd-dk.dk>
> > Cc: <none@jamin@eecs.umich.edu>; <freebsd-mobile--FreeBSD.ORG.lh.bsd-dk.dk>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 5:24 PM
> > Subject: Re: Here is what IBM thinks about using FreeBSD on their newer
> > Thinkpads
> >
> >
> >> > Sugih Jamin wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > FreeBSD - Unable to boot OS after installation on
> >> > > IBM Thinkpad A20, A21, T20, T21, or X20.
> >> >
> >> > Question: Does IBM reserve space on the HDD of their laptops for system
> > BIOS
> >> > that would cause such a problem in the event of a dedicated
> > installation?
> >>
> >> No. Some fool at IBM (or whomever they contracted the BIOS development
> >> out to) decided to use partition ID 165 for the suspend-to-disk
> >> partition, and the IBM BIOS gets very, very upset when it finds what it
> >> thinks is an enormous suspend-to-disk partition on the disk.
> >>
> >> The "right" solution here is to bug IBM to resepect the already-assigned
> >> partition ID numbers (if you are a large IBM customer) or to buy a better
> >> notebook. If you're stuck with a ThinkPad, there are several viable
> >> workarounds that will let you thumb your nose at IBM and get on with your
> >> work (see the list archives).
> >> --
> >> ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his
> >> rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want
> >> to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force
> >> people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt]
> >> V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >>
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>
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