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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[-- Attachment #1 --] 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 [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2715.400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>how do...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>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:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>1. the unresolved bug</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>f [2000/12/14] <A href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=i386/23548">i386/23548</A> 4.x causes Thinkpad 560X disk to spin up/down, very slow ...., and</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>2. newsgroup mutterings about a conflict between partition type ID 165 used for the freebsd filesystem conflicting with ibm proprietary hibernation partition.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>any comments and/or reassurance would be appreciated</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>ta</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>John Spinks<BR>Computing Services<BR>University of Edinburgh<BR>Main Library Building<BR>George Square<BR>Edinburgh<BR>Scotland, UK<BR>EH8 9LJ</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>t: +44 (0)131 650 3332<BR>f: +44 (0)131 650 6547<BR>e: <A href="mailto:john.spinks@ed.ac.uk">john.spinks@ed.ac.uk</A> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>help
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