From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 27 9:52:36 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from lawnmarket.ucs.ed.ac.uk (lawnmarket.ucs.ed.ac.uk [129.215.166.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E562A37B403 for ; Mon, 27 May 2002 09:52:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from newbutch ([129.215.71.139]) by lawnmarket.ucs.ed.ac.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g4RGqQX04698 for ; Mon, 27 May 2002 17:52:26 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <000801c2059e$75fef510$8b47d781@newbutch> Reply-To: "john spinks" From: "john spinks" To: Subject: is it safe? Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 17:49:25 +0100 Organization: eucs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0005_01C205A6.D76F49A0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Disposition-Notification-To: "john spinks" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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
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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.
 
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:
 
1.  the unresolved = bug
 
f [2000/12/14] i386/235= 48            = 4.x causes Thinkpad 560X disk to spin up/down, very=20 slow      ...., and
 
2.  newsgroup mutterings about a = conflict=20 between partition type ID 165 used for the freebsd filesystem = conflicting with=20 ibm proprietary hibernation partition.
 
any comments and/or reassurance = would be=20 appreciated
 
ta
 
John Spinks
Computing = Services
University=20 of Edinburgh
Main Library Building
George = Square
Edinburgh
Scotland,=20 UK
EH8 9LJ
 
t: +44 (0)131 650 3332
f: +44 = (0)131 650=20 6547
e: john.spinks@ed.ac.uk=20
 
 
 
 
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