Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 17:42:59 -0400 From: Jesse Guardiani <jesse@wingnet.net> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Extra battery causes hangs (T40p, FreeBSD 5.1/CURRENT) Message-ID: <bh92l3$80o$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <20030811013921.GB24952@infidyne.com> <20030811004931.R72106@carver.gumbysoft.com>
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Doug White wrote: > On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Peter Schuller wrote: > >> The laptop comes with one primary battery and, as an opion, an extra >> battery that fits into the "Ultra Bay" (replacing the CD-ROM). As I >> realized after some time, the presence of the extra battery causes hangs. >> When I have the CD-ROM in the bay instead of the extra battery, there are >> no such problems. But when the battery is in, the machine hangs totally >> when: > > Are you swapping the CDROM and battery while FreeBSD is booted? FreeBSD > does not handle this at all and will get really upset if you attempt it. This can be overcome on my IBM A30p by detaching the CD-ROM with atacontrol, suspending, removing the cdrom drive, resuming, and reinitializing everything. -- Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator WingNET Internet Services, P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) http://www.wingnet.net
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