Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 08:24:39 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: "Kevin G. Eliuk" <kg@dccnet.com> Cc: jamin@eecs.umich.edu, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Here is what IBM thinks about using FreeBSD on their newer Thinkpads Message-ID: <200011281624.eASGOdF25354@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 28 Nov 2000 07:56:45 PST." <3A23D5BD.5CF72F4F@dccnet.com>
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> 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).
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