Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 09:23:26 +0000 From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libdisk write_alpha_disk.c Message-ID: <200211080923.26906.dfr@nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20021107094208.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <XFMail.20021107094208.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thursday 07 November 2002 2:42 pm, John Baldwin wrote: > On 07-Nov-2002 John Baldwin wrote: > > jhb 2002/11/07 06:39:22 PST > > > > Modified files: > > lib/libdisk write_alpha_disk.c > > Log: > > Get this closer to working. The Write_Disk() function's for loop > > needed to use the same start condition as the i386 version. However, > > since Alpha's only have one fake "slice" from sysinstall's perspective we > > don't need to use a loop, but can just write out the BSD label in the > > first fake "slice". > > Unfortunately a newly installed disk does not boot, however. *sigh* Does it load the bootstrap at all? If not, then its almost certainly just the checksum being wrong. If it tries to load the bootstrap then crashes, probably the field pointing to the bootstrap is wrong. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Phone: +44 20 8348 6160 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the messagehelp
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