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From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libdisk write_alpha_disk.c
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 09:23:26 +0000
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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 perspectiv=
e 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=20
checksum being wrong. If it tries to load the bootstrap then crashes,=20
probably the field pointing to the bootstrap is wrong.

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