From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Nov 28 8:17:18 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (adsl-63-202-177-187.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.202.177.187]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2127137B400 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 08:17:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.osd.bsdi.com (8.11.0/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eASGOdF25354; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 08:24:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com) Message-Id: <200011281624.eASGOdF25354@mass.osd.bsdi.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: "Kevin G. Eliuk" Cc: jamin@eecs.umich.edu, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Here is what IBM thinks about using FreeBSD on their newer Thinkpads In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 28 Nov 2000 07:56:45 PST." <3A23D5BD.5CF72F4F@dccnet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 08:24:39 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Sugih Jamin wrote: > > > FreeBSD - Unable to boot OS after installation on > > IBM Thinkpad A20, A21, T20, T21, or X20. > > Question: Does IBM reserve space on the HDD of their laptops for system BIOS > that would cause such a problem in the event of a dedicated installation? No. Some fool at IBM (or whomever they contracted the BIOS development out to) decided to use partition ID 165 for the suspend-to-disk partition, and the IBM BIOS gets very, very upset when it finds what it thinks is an enormous suspend-to-disk partition on the disk. The "right" solution here is to bug IBM to resepect the already-assigned partition ID numbers (if you are a large IBM customer) or to buy a better notebook. If you're stuck with a ThinkPad, there are several viable workarounds that will let you thumb your nose at IBM and get on with your work (see the list archives). -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message