Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 17:49:25 +0100 From: "john spinks" <john.spinks@ed.ac.uk> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: is it safe? Message-ID: <000801c2059e$75fef510$8b47d781@newbutch>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C205A6.D76F49A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable how do... i recently tried a floppy/ftp install of freebsd 4.5 onto an ibm tp 560z = during which the disk died making horrible 'clunk clunk' noises. the = disk was subsequently irrecoverable using using any dos/win utilities = with which i'm familiar so it may be that its time had come and it was = just a coincidence that it died as i was trying to install freebsd. nevertheless, now that i have bought a new disk (which again works fine = under dos/nt) i'm a little wary of attempting to install freebsd 4.x in = light of: 1. the unresolved bug f [2000/12/14] i386/23548 4.x causes Thinkpad 560X disk to = spin up/down, very slow ...., and 2. newsgroup mutterings about a conflict between partition type ID 165 = used for the freebsd filesystem conflicting with ibm proprietary = hibernation partition. any comments and/or reassurance would be appreciated ta John Spinks Computing Services University of Edinburgh Main Library Building George Square Edinburgh Scotland, UK EH8 9LJ t: +44 (0)131 650 3332 f: +44 (0)131 650 6547 e: john.spinks@ed.ac.uk=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C205A6.D76F49A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2715.400" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>how do...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>i recently tried a floppy/ftp install = of freebsd=20 4.5 onto an ibm tp 560z during which the disk died making = horrible=20 'clunk clunk' noises. the disk was subsequently irrecoverable using = using any=20 dos/win utilities with which i'm familiar so it may be that its time had = come=20 and it was just a coincidence that it died as i was trying to install=20 freebsd.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>nevertheless, now that i have bought = a new disk=20 (which again works fine under dos/nt) i'm a little wary of attempting to = install=20 freebsd 4.x in light of:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>1. the unresolved = bug</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>f [2000/12/14] <A=20 href=3D"http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3Di386/23548">i386/235= 48</A> = 4.x causes Thinkpad 560X disk to spin up/down, very=20 slow ...., and</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>2. newsgroup mutterings about a = conflict=20 between partition type ID 165 used for the freebsd filesystem = conflicting with=20 ibm proprietary hibernation partition.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>any comments and/or reassurance = would be=20 appreciated</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>ta</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>John Spinks<BR>Computing = Services<BR>University=20 of Edinburgh<BR>Main Library Building<BR>George = Square<BR>Edinburgh<BR>Scotland,=20 UK<BR>EH8 9LJ</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>t: +44 (0)131 650 3332<BR>f: +44 = (0)131 650=20 6547<BR>e: <A = href=3D"mailto:john.spinks@ed.ac.uk">john.spinks@ed.ac.uk</A>=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C205A6.D76F49A0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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