Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 19:00:59 +0100 From: Jonas Bulow <jonas.bulow@servicefactory.se> To: Nicholas Basila <nbasila@epcot.revenio.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Here is what IBM thinks about using FreeBSD on their newer Thinkpads Message-ID: <3A25445B.8DCE1BD4@servicefactory.se> References: <E50E76D112D8D311907E00508B63B941BE8F6F@minnie.revenio.com> <000701c05958$09651ef0$3103000a@gaston> <20001129154748.A47200@echunga.lemis.com> <3A2536A7.EA05719B@epcot.revenio.com> <3A253B51.758D7AF9@softweyr.com> <3A253C9A.EBD363D7@epcot.revenio.com>
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(trimmed CC) Hi, I think some of us is missing the point here. The problem seems to be that IBM does not respect the partition type 165. Everything (well) not using partition type 165 will run fine on it. Maybe FreeBSD should override partition type 2. I think nobody will make that one obselete. :-) /j Nicholas Basila wrote: > > Ah, but I'd bet that they'd be willing to support RH Linux at some point. If RH > Linux will run on it, FreeBSD probably would, too. Of course, I know they'd never > ever support FreeBSD, but having it work on these laptops without issues would be > good. > > Wes Peters wrote: > > > Nicholas Basila wrote: > > > > > > I think that IBM ultimately wants to sell these laptops any way they can ... > > > That means with non-MS operating systems. I just wonder how long it will > > > take. > > > > Don't be silly. If they think it will generate more support calls than > > revenue, they will step over us silly BSD users in a heartbeat, chasing > > after the next 50,000-unit corporate sale. > > > > -- > > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > > wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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