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Date:      Mon, 13 Aug 2001 13:23:57 -0600
From:      Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Please test boot patch
Message-ID:  <15224.10573.605415.546408@nomad.yogotech.com>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010813115259.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <XFMail.010813115259.jhb@FreeBSD.org>

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> Please test the patch at http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/patches/ibm_boot.patch to
> ensure that it works on 4.x-stable as I would like to get it in 4.4 if possible.
> It is needed in order for many IBM machines to successfully boot off of CD's to
> install.  The patch is relative to /sys/boot.  To test, do the following:
> 
> > fetch http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/patches/ibm_boot.patch
> > cd /sys/boot ; patch < ../path/to/ibm_boot.patch
> > make all
> > cd i386/boot2
> > disklabel -B -b ./boot2 -s ./boot2 ad0        # or whatever drive you boot
> 
> - reboot -
> 
> If for some reason this doesn't work (it should work fine), then you will want
> to boot off of a floppy or CD, then do 'disklabel -B ad0' as root to restore
> the old boot blocks.

No go on my ThinkPad T20.  I just rebooted, and got the dreaded' Missing
Operating System' error. :(

(Where'd I stick that darn boot disk now. :)


Nate

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