Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 13:40:01 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>, Andreas Braukmann <braukmann@tse-online.de>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Trouble booting from WinNT with new boot loader Message-ID: <199901062140.NAA00594@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 06 Jan 1999 13:09:43 PST." <Pine.BSF.3.95.990106130207.2734G-100000@current1.whistle.com>
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> This is exactly why at whistle we use the 2nd block of the first > disk to store this stuff. (see 'nextboot(8)') > the bootblocks on da0 load a default from da0-block1, > which specify: > da(1,........ > > I am thinking of adding code to actually make the 2nd block require to be > in it's own slice type (not 165) so that it is marked as being in-use > rather than using a 'free' block like we do now.. > > I've added a 4th slice below that shows what it would look like.... > what do you think? It wouldn't help in this situation; the NT bootloader is passing 0x80 in as the "current disk" I think, and so the first sector is all at sea. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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