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Date:      Sun, 14 Jan 2001 23:51:10 -0800
From:      Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com>
To:        Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/release/sysinstall disks.c 
Message-ID:  <81172.979545070@winston.osd.bsdi.com>
In-Reply-To: Message from Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>  of "Sun, 14 Jan 2001 23:46:11 PST." <200101150746.f0F7kBQ00937@mobile.wemm.org> 

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> Hmm, well, that works for me too.  I've got a variation that changes
> the 'magic' key sequence to be 'F' (all FreeBSD) that isn't on the menu
> (just like the '|' wizzard mode).  If you press A, you get a conventional
> fdisk table.  If you press 'F', you get asked for DD mode.

Sounds good to me - please commit it.

> Is this a bootblock or geometry issue?  Under RELENG_4 the last I heard
> was that there was an unresolved bug with the 1K boot0..

I suspect it's a geometry issue since the BIOS doesn't even boot
into the boot blocks, it just beeps at you and/or wedges solid on
the way into boot1.

- Jordan


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