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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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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


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