Date: 28 Sep 2000 22:03:17 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD won't run on newer IBM laptops Message-ID: <xzp7l7we12y.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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[bcc: to -mobile and -chat] The BIOS on newer IBM laptops freezes solid when it finds a FreeBSD partition (what we call a slice) on the harddisk (apparently because it thinks it's a suspend partition and tries to read it). IBM tech support had the following to say about this (after a longish struggle to make them admit the problem existed): > There may be a future update to the BIOS of this machine > that will allow the machine to recognize the 165 partition > type. I've been told that at a minimum they will at least > allow the machine to be booted up without freezing. I > would setup a profile on the IBM Support website > (http://www.pc.ibm.com/support) to be notified when future > updates are available. > > Thank you for using the IBM Online Assistant. > > Tim Zwick So, everybody out there who has an IBM laptop or is considering acquiring one, let them know this is unacceptable. Email or phone IBM Tech Support (See http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-4HWSE3.html for a list of call centers around the world) and complain; and make sure your retailer knows about the problem, and knows that you won't buy an IBM ThinkPad until the problem is solved. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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