Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 12:21:49 +0100 (CET) From: Anders Kofoed <none@ak--mailnet.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
Nej nej.
Prøv at læse hvad jeg skriver:
der er 1 (EN) partition på min T20 (HELE DISKEN). Der er 1 fil i c:\ der
hedder noget i stil med mem-dump på 256 MB. Jeg har 256 MB ram.
Hvor er den partion der hedder 165 så ? - Jeg kan saktens lave suspend
to disk (win2000 hipernate).
VH Anders
On 30 Nov, Flemming Jacobsen wrote:
> 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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