From owner-freebsd-bugs Sun Mar 22 15:42:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA28323 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Sun, 22 Mar 1998 15:42:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dt050n33.san.rr.com (@dt050n33.san.rr.com [204.210.31.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA28312; Sun, 22 Mar 1998 15:42:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Received: from dal.net (Studded@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dt050n33.san.rr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA08176; Sun, 22 Mar 1998 15:42:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Message-ID: <3515A1CA.54D50E83@dal.net> Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 15:42:02 -0800 From: Studded Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.6-BETA-0316 i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Cagney CC: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org, "Jordan K. Hubbard" Subject: Re: i386/5594 System not bootable when bad partition type present. References: <199803222320.PAA24218@hub.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Andrew Cagney wrote: > Is there a way I can just update that MBR thingie since I think that > that is where the problem is? If I can do that, then I can check to see > if the problem is fixed. > > At a guess, if I pull in just the boot.flp floppy and play with its > partitioning stuff then I should be able to test things. Sound correct? I don't use booteasy (the mbr thingie :) so I don't feel comfortable advising you about this. I'm cc'ing Jordan "Mr. Sysinstall" Hubbard who not only understands the system a lot better but is hopefully in a position to fix any problems that you uncover. Thanks for your willingness to help. Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message