From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 12 06:48:19 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7F9237B401 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 06:48:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from moo.sysabend.org (moo.sysabend.org [66.111.41.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1872443F85 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 06:48:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ragnar@sysabend.org) Received: by moo.sysabend.org (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 42C0D125E; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 06:48:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moo.sysabend.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4198C11BA; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 06:48:16 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 06:48:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Jamie Bowden To: Jesse Guardiani In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20030812064437.C15481-100000@moo.sysabend.org> X-representing: Only myself. X-badge: We don't need no stinking badges. X-obligatory-profanity: Fuck X-moo: Moo. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Extra battery causes hangs (T40p, FreeBSD 5.1/CURRENT) X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 13:48:20 -0000 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. 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, but I expect it will work just fine when I'm ready to give it a try. Jamie Bowden -- "It was half way to Rivendell when the drugs began to take hold" Hunter S Tolkien "Fear and Loathing in Barad Dur" Iain Bowen