Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 15:42:59 -0600 (MDT) From: Fred Clift <fred@veriohosting.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Mike Hoskins <mike@adept.org>, Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com>, Thomas Stromberg <tstromberg@rtci.com>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: No /boot/loader (dangerously dedicated) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007251542000.63747-100000@vespa.orem.iserver.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007241207020.90317-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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> > reinstalled or somesuch? If so, that's quite a mess. If it keeps working > > as is, but only suggests the new way is better... that's livable. > > > > My BIOSes (6 systems here at home, all RELENG_4) work just fine with > > dangerously dedicated... > > Well, my BIOSen get mad, and we have Intel L440GX+ boards. The onboard > Adaptec really gets mad if ALL of the disks aren't sliced -- it crashes > boot2! put in a 'valid' partition table for your dedicated disks on your L440GX+ board based boxes and your problem will magically go away. I can send you the snippet of code I use to do this if you want it. Fred -- Fred Clift - fred@veriohosting.com -- Remember: If brute force doesn't work, you're just not using enough. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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