Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 03:35:06 -0400 From: Parv <parv@pair.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> Cc: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot manager beep (revisited) Message-ID: <20060501073506.GA7901@holestein.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20060501063415.GA90093@gothmog.pc> References: <445581DE.50901@centtech.com> <44559034.9010702@u.washington.edu> <20060501060500.GA5946@holestein.holy.cow> <20060501063415.GA90093@gothmog.pc>
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in message <20060501063415.GA90093@gothmog.pc>, wrote Giorgos Keramidas thusly... > > On 2006-05-01 02:05, Parv <parv@pair.com> 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 :) Agree with you there. I think i did try making/installing only this particular piece, but failed to do anything on reboot, so i thought "what the hell, just build|install everything". But then ... > > 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 :-) Oooh, yes indeed, I missed the most crucial step there. No wonder even a major world building did nothing. Thanks much. - Parv --
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