Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:43:14 -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: <bhaue2$1rd$3@sea.gmane.org> References: <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> <20030812062019.D430910A@CRWdog.demon.co.uk>
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Andy Sparrow 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. >> > >> > Really? 4.x with APM handles swapping between a secondary HDD, CD-ROM, >> > DVD & DVD/CD-RW in the secondary bay on my Omnibook just fine. >> >> I'd count you lucky. > > Perhaps. Although I've done it sufficient numbers of times without > incident that I don't consider it luck, rather working as designed. > > I don't really see how useful ATAPI RAID support is without the ability > to hot-swap devices? > > And, as atapicontrol seems to be geared mostly towards that, well... You mean atacontrol, right? I don't have an atapicontrol under 5.x or 4.x. -- 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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