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Subject: IBM (A,T,X Series) Thinkpad won't boot off any media after install of FreeBSD
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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:    grog
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Dec 29 00:30:01 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:    Sun May 27 18:06:29 PDT 2001
>Last-Modified:  Sun May 27 18:09:51 PDT 2001
>Originator:     Debbie Bridygham
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE
>Organization:
chaoshorizon.com
>Environment:
Unable to obtain
>Description:
After install of FreeBSD (any version), hardware will NOT boot from 
any media whatsoever.
>How-To-Repeat:
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.

Some workaround needs to be incorporated into the next 4.x release.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@iteration.net>
To: dlb2@acm.org
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: i386/23939: IBM (A,T,X Series) Thinkpad won't boot off any media after install of FreeBSD
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 02:32:30 -0600

 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.
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 +------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | keichii@peorth.iteration.net         | keichii@bsdconspiracy.net |
 | http://peorth.iteration.net/~keichii | Yes, BSD is a conspiracy. |
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From: Debbie Bridygham <dlb2@acm.org>
To: "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@peorth.iteration.net>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: i386/23939: IBM (A,T,X Series) Thinkpad won't boot off any media 
 after install of FreeBSD
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 00:45:08 -0800

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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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 > +------------------------------------------------------------------+
 > | keichii@peorth.iteration.net         | keichii@bsdconspiracy.net |
 > | http://peorth.iteration.net/~keichii | Yes, BSD is a conspiracy. |
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From: "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@iteration.net>
To: Debbie Bridygham <dlb2@acm.org>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: i386/23939: IBM (A,T,X Series) Thinkpad won't boot off any media after install of FreeBSD
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 02:48:44 -0600

 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. :)
 
 | mutt.vcard.filter: not found
 
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 | keichii@peorth.iteration.net         | keichii@bsdconspiracy.net |
 | http://peorth.iteration.net/~keichii | Yes, BSD is a conspiracy. |
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Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->rnordier 
Responsible-Changed-By: rnordier 
Responsible-Changed-When: Fri Dec 29 02:56:37 PST 2000 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
An i386 bootstrap issue. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=23939 
Responsible-Changed-From-To: rnordier->freebsd-bugs 
Responsible-Changed-By: rnordier 
Responsible-Changed-When: Sun May 27 13:35:51 PDT 2001 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
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. 

http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=23939 
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: grog 
State-Changed-When: Sun May 27 18:06:29 PDT 2001 
State-Changed-Why:  
IBM BIOS problem, solved by BIOS code update. 


Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->grog 
Responsible-Changed-By: grog 
Responsible-Changed-When: Sun May 27 18:06:29 PDT 2001 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
grog closed this PR. 

http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=23939 
>Unformatted:

Greg Lehey, 28 May 2001

This problem was caused by a bug in the IBM BIOS.  Upgrades are
available for IBM.

PR closed.

