Bug 23939

On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 12:23:19AM -0800, dlb2@acm.org scribbled:
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| >Number:         23939
| >Category:       i386
| >Synopsis:       IBM (A,T,X Series) Thinkpad won't boot off any media after install of FreeBSD
| >Confidential:   no
| >Severity:       serious
| >Priority:       medium
| >Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
| >State:          open
| >Quarter:        
| Install FreeBSD on an A-Series, T-Series or X-Series IBM Thinkpad.
| >Fix:
| >From freebsd-mobile, it appears the problem is some conflict in the 
| IBM Thinkpad BIOS with the FreeBSD partition Id 165.  Using the
| OpenBSD partition Id 166 works with some changes to the bootstrap.


See www.freebsd.org/~bmah/thinkpad .  Please close this PR.
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"Michael C . Wu" wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 12:23:19AM -0800, dlb2@acm.org scribbled:
> |
> | >Number:         23939
> | >Category:       i386
> | >Synopsis:       IBM (A,T,X Series) Thinkpad won't boot off any media after install of FreeBSD
> | >Confidential:   no
> | >Severity:       serious
> | >Priority:       medium
> | >Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
> | >State:          open
> | >Quarter:
> | Install FreeBSD on an A-Series, T-Series or X-Series IBM Thinkpad.
> | >Fix:
> | >From freebsd-mobile, it appears the problem is some conflict in the
> | IBM Thinkpad BIOS with the FreeBSD partition Id 165.  Using the
> | OpenBSD partition Id 166 works with some changes to the bootstrap.
>
> See www.freebsd.org/~bmah/thinkpad .  Please close this PR.

I've seen this.  This is fine as a temporary workaround, but its unacceptable on a long
term basis.  I'll switch to OpenBSD before I'd comit to repeating this procedure each time I install

FreeBSD.

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On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 12:45:08AM -0800, Debbie Bridygham scribbled:
| "Michael C . Wu" wrote:
| > See www.freebsd.org/~bmah/thinkpad .  Please close this PR.
| 
| I've seen this.  This is fine as a temporary workaround, 
| but its unacceptable on a long
| term basis.  I'll switch to OpenBSD before I'd comit to 
| repeating this procedure each time I install
| FreeBSD.

Saying that you will use OpenBSD to make someone do this will 
probably not work.  It may antagonize other people.
As always, I think you can help by contributing the necessary patches. :)

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Comment 4 rnordier 2000-12-29 10:56:37 UTC

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From-To: freebsd-bugs->rnordier

An i386 bootstrap issue.

Comment 5 rnordier 2001-05-27 21:35:51 UTC

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From-To: rnordier->freebsd-bugs

After pondering this for some time - including looking at the feasibility 
of permanently supporting dual slice types (eg. 0xa5 and 0x25) - I don't 
thinks there's much that should be done about this issue, from our side. 
However, I'm throwing it back into the pool in case someone else wants 
to.

Comment 6 Greg Lehey 2001-05-28 02:06:29 UTC

State Changed
From-To: open->closed

IBM BIOS problem, solved by BIOS code update. 

Comment 7 Greg Lehey 2001-05-28 02:06:29 UTC

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From-To: freebsd-bugs->grog

grog closed this PR.