Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 17:37:13 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> Cc: "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "Dangerously dedicated" yet again (was: cvs commit: src/sys/kern subr_diskmbr.c) Message-ID: <20011210173713.G63585@monorchid.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20011210064452.739173810@overcee.netplex.com.au> References: <20011210051454.GA49775@leviathan.inethouston.net> <20011210064452.739173810@overcee.netplex.com.au>
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On Sunday, 9 December 2001 at 22:44:52 -0800, Peter Wemm wrote: > 3) You get a system lockup when booting the *computer* if *any* DD disk > is attached anywhere at all. This is what killed the Thinkpad T20*, > A20*, 600X etc. After all the yelling we did at IBM, it turned out > to be FreeBSD's fault. It also happens on Dell systems. It kills > all IA64 boxes if a FreeBSD/i386 disk is attached anywhere. What are you talking about? The IBM lockup was due to the presence of *Microsoft partition* of type 0xn5, for any value of n. If these systems also lock up with a dedicated disk, it's due to some other bug. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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