Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 12:24:42 -0800 From: bmah@freebsd.org (Bruce A. Mah) To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Cc: bmah@freebsd.org Subject: Alternate boot loader for ThinkPads Message-ID: <200012132024.eBDKOg355692@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com>
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Hi-- I've put my "boot FreeBSD from an 0xa6 type slice" boot blocks, along with source patches, at: http://people.freebsd.org/~bmah/ThinkPad/ You need to use disklabel -B (plus appropriate other options) to write the boot1 and boot2 files to the right slice. Note that the resulting boot loader *only* works on a type 0xa6 slice, though someone who knows x86 assembler better than I do could make it do 0xa5 or 0xa6 pretty easily. I don't recommend these patches for general consumption as it makes it impossible to dual-boot a machine between FreeBSD and OpenBSD. Still for those who are truly desperate (like I was last week).... Bruce. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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