Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 10:47:23 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, /dev/null@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: tlambert@primenet.com (Terry Lambert), freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Here is what IBM thinks about using FreeBSD on their newer Thinkpads Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20001129104503.049744e0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <200011281826.LAA10263@usr08.primenet.com> References: <200011281817.eASIHSF25817@mass.osd.bsdi.com>
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At 11:26 AM 11/28/2000, Terry Lambert wrote: >I think this presumes that the HD is examined at boot time, >instead of stopping once the system sees a bootable CDROM, >which is the normal case when doing a recovery. If the problem is a BIOS that can't handle a FreeBSD boot sector, perhaps a special boot sector with replacement hard disk BIOS code -- such as the one included in OnTrack Disk Manager -- would serve as a workaround. The problem could also be that the laptop has a suspend/resume feature that's looking for a special partition or DOS file and not finding it. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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