Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 17:41:11 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Chris Neustrup <druid45@idiom.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bad power down in 5.0, missing xl0 Message-ID: <20031123014111.GA30146@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <3FBFCF19.5070701@idiom.com> References: <3FBFCF19.5070701@idiom.com>
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--Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Nov 22, 2003 at 04:03:21PM -0500, Chris Neustrup wrote: > I've got a Thinkpad T20, running 5.0 early release. It is a dual boot=20 > with Win98 on the other partition. It seemed pretty strong, but I have= =20 > some problems: >=20 > 1. The power down sequence seems to hose some part of the bios or=20 > whatever. When I shutdown and then reboot to Win98 it thinks it has=20 > been taken down and corrupted, so it wants to come back up in SAFE mode. 5.0 "early release" is ancient, and hundreds of bugs have been fixed since. Try 5.1-RELEASE or 5.2-BETA. > 2. The /dev directory no longer has an xl0 device for the mini-PCI=20 > ethernet on the motherboard. Completely disappeared. Where did it go? xl0 does not appear as a device in /dev - you must be thinking of some other OS. Kris --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/wBA3Wry0BWjoQKURAqO7AJ9kDd0+k4PgswhR6lSGNxUdmmsX0gCfco4u GhXxGMh9ixfvp5Ms2CDf2h0= =w/gt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi--
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