Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 15:49:11 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Kevin G. Eliuk" <kg@dccnet.com>, jamin@eecs.umich.edu, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Here is what IBM thinks about using FreeBSD on their newer Thinkpads Message-ID: <20001129154911.B47200@echunga.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <200011281624.eASGOdF25354@mass.osd.bsdi.com>; from msmith@FreeBSD.ORG on Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 08:24:39AM -0800 References: <3A23D5BD.5CF72F4F@dccnet.com> <200011281624.eASGOdF25354@mass.osd.bsdi.com>
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On Tuesday, 28 November 2000 at 8:24:39 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: >> Sugih Jamin wrote: >> >>> FreeBSD - Unable to boot OS after installation on >>> IBM Thinkpad A20, A21, T20, T21, or X20. >> >> Question: Does IBM reserve space on the HDD of their laptops for system BIOS >> that would cause such a problem in the event of a dedicated installation? > > No. Some fool at IBM (or whomever they contracted the BIOS development > out to) decided to use partition ID 165 for the suspend-to-disk > partition, and the IBM BIOS gets very, very upset when it finds what it > thinks is an enormous suspend-to-disk partition on the disk. Are you sure of this? I know the idea had been bandied around, but so had some others. If we go to IBM with claims like this, and they turn out to be incorrect, we'll be shooting ourselves in the foot. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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