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Date:      Thu, 30 Nov 2000 22:08:05 -0700 (MST)
From:      Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
To:        Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Here is what IBM thinks about using FreeBSD on their newer Thinkpads 
Message-ID:  <14887.12853.75990.147280@nomad.yogotech.com>
In-Reply-To: <200012010136.eB11afF01400@mass.osd.bsdi.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011301715220.69587-100000@dt051n37.san.rr.com> <200012010136.eB11afF01400@mass.osd.bsdi.com>

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> > 	There was some discussion being kicked around by reliable sources
> > recently that the actual problem is that the BIOS decides to blat the
> > first partition whose type it does not recognize, rather than picking on
> > 165 specifically. This is only slightly less stupid, but probably easier
> > to fix. 
> 
> I'm in the process of digging a contact out in IBM's Thinkpad division (I 
> have some reasonable leads right now) and have been doing a fair amount 
> of testing on the systems available to me in support of this.
> 
> Hopefully I'll have some better information, and ideally some results 
> fairly soon.  Until then, and unless we see some BIOS disassembly going 
> on, I'd be inclined to defer any further speculation.

Thanks Mike!


Nate


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