From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 1 06:38:06 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88C7D16A400 for ; Mon, 1 May 2006 06:38:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8BBF43D45 for ; Mon, 1 May 2006 06:38:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: from gothmog.pc (aris.bedc.ondsl.gr [62.103.39.226]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.13.6/8.13.6/Debian-1) with ESMTP id k416YAMC019629 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 1 May 2006 09:34:14 +0300 Received: from gothmog.pc (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.pc (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k416YFHH090141; Mon, 1 May 2006 09:34:15 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.pc (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k416YF50090140; Mon, 1 May 2006 09:34:15 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 09:34:15 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Garrett Cooper , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060501063415.GA90093@gothmog.pc> References: <445581DE.50901@centtech.com> <44559034.9010702@u.washington.edu> <20060501060500.GA5946@holestein.holy.cow> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="UlVJffcvxoiEqYs2" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060501060500.GA5946@holestein.holy.cow> X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-3.841, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.56, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@freebsd.org X-Spam-Status: No Cc: Subject: Re: Boot manager beep (revisited) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 06:38:06 -0000 --UlVJffcvxoiEqYs2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On 2006-05-01 02:05, Parv wrote: > Eric Anderson wrote: > >This thread: > >http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2005-December/020572.html > > I hand edited the file (/usr/src/sys/boot/i386/boot0/boot0.S) > based on the given patch; did building|installing of world & > kernel; on reboot of Dell Inspiron 5000e laptop, there still > was a beep. Rebuilding everything is hardly worth it in this case, but you did what you considered the safest thing, so that's ok :) > So the patch did not work for me. Did i miss something? Yes. You missed installing the new boot0 block on your MBR. See my other response in this thread about the steps you have to take to rebuild a new /boot/boot0 block and install it with boot0cfg on the MBR of your disk :-) --UlVJffcvxoiEqYs2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEVavn1g+UGjGGA7YRAuvMAJ9ph+/Yi1V9k40Y/SMwij2x4CVPKQCeJC9s 5+Ssx7yDMW1EQ6lfHkZytDE= =Dghj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --UlVJffcvxoiEqYs2--