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 12:41:38 +0100 (CET)
Anders Kofoed wrote:
> Nej nej.
Jo, jo.
> 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).
De fleste BIOSer vil "gemme" deres magiske partitions for
Windoze/DOS - formentlig for at forhindre folk i at komme til at
slette den.
Flyt disken over i din stationære PC igen, så kan du sikkert se
den.
FJ
> 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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> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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>
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