Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:39:52 -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: <bhau7o$1rd$2@sea.gmane.org> References: <bh92l3$80o$1@sea.gmane.org> <20030812064437.C15481-100000@moo.sysabend.org>
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Jamie Bowden wrote: > On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Jesse Guardiani wrote: > >> Doug White wrote: > >> > 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. > > I can do this on my Dell without suspending. You may want to try it out > and save yourself a few extra steps. Hmmm. Right you are. I guess I was assuming too much. Thanks! > I use atacontrol to switch between > my spare battery, LS-120, Zip250, and DVD/CD-RW bay modules regularly. I > have just upgraded from 4-S to 5.1-R, and haven't checked functionality in > 5.1 yet, Again, I'm using 5.1-RELEASE w/APM. Chance are that if you can get it booting (no small feat sometimes) then you can get it working. > but I expect it will work just fine when I'm ready to give it a > try. > > Jamie Bowden > -- 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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