Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 22:08:05 -0700 (MST) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Here is what IBM thinks about using FreeBSD on their newer Thinkpads Message-ID: <14887.12853.75990.147280@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <200012010136.eB11afF01400@mass.osd.bsdi.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011301715220.69587-100000@dt051n37.san.rr.com> <200012010136.eB11afF01400@mass.osd.bsdi.com>
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> > There was some discussion being kicked around by reliable sources > > recently that the actual problem is that the BIOS decides to blat the > > first partition whose type it does not recognize, rather than picking on > > 165 specifically. This is only slightly less stupid, but probably easier > > to fix. > > I'm in the process of digging a contact out in IBM's Thinkpad division (I > have some reasonable leads right now) and have been doing a fair amount > of testing on the systems available to me in support of this. > > Hopefully I'll have some better information, and ideally some results > fairly soon. Until then, and unless we see some BIOS disassembly going > on, I'd be inclined to defer any further speculation. Thanks Mike! Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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