Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 17:47:32 -0400 From: Jesse Guardiani <jesse@wingnet.net> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Extra battery causes hangs (T40p, FreeBSD 5.1/CURRENT) Message-ID: <bh92tk$80o$2@sea.gmane.org> References: <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> <20030811081248.79657120@CRWdog.demon.co.uk>
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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 never managed to obtain a secondary battery so haven't tried that - > but I'd expect disabling/ejecting/inserting dissimilar mass storage > devices to make the OS cranky if anything did. > > I thought that was what atacontrol detach/attach were intended for... > Does this not exist on 5.x? Yes. It exists. I use it under 5.1-RELEASE. -- Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator WingNET Internet Services, P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) http://www.wingnet.net
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