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Date:      Fri, 14 Jul 2000 12:39:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: CFT: boot patch for 4.x
Message-ID:  <XFMail.000714123914.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.000714105147.jhb@FreeBSD.org>

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On 14-Jul-00 John Baldwin wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> I would really like to get the new boot0 into -stable in time
> for 4.1, but I'd like a few folks to test it out and get some
> feedback before I do.  You can find the patch at
> http://people.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/patches/boot0.rel4.patch.  The
> patch is relative to /usr/src, so to apply it:
> 
># cd /usr/src
># patch < where_ever_the_patch_file_lives/boot0.rel4.patch
> 
> Then either make a new world or rebuild the utilities your
> self.  You can then use boot0cfg or fdisk to install the new
> boot0 boot manager.  Thanks.

At least one person has reported having problems with a SCSI
disk with an AHA 2940 controller, so you may want to be extra
careful when testing on SCSI.

-- 

John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
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