From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 11 14:36:48 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14DCD37B401 for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2003 14:36:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A86243F75 for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2003 14:36:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5B9D072DD4; Mon, 11 Aug 2003 14:36:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58D8F72DD2; Mon, 11 Aug 2003 14:36:47 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 14:36:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Andy Sparrow In-Reply-To: <20030811081248.79657120@CRWdog.demon.co.uk> Message-ID: <20030811143601.I75891@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <20030811081248.79657120@CRWdog.demon.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: Peter Schuller cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Extra battery causes hangs (T40p, FreeBSD 5.1/CURRENT) X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 21:36:48 -0000 On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Andy Sparrow wrote: > > > Are you swapping the CDROM and battery while FreeBSD is booted? FreeBSD > > does not handle this at all and will get really upset if you attempt it. > > Really? 4.x with APM handles swapping between a secondary HDD, CD-ROM, > DVD & DVD/CD-RW in the secondary bay on my Omnibook just fine. I'd count you lucky. BTW don't upgrade to 5.X if you want to keep your sanity -- HP's ACPI code does NOT work. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org