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Subject: Re: Since lites-1.0 is out...
To: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr)
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 1995 19:09:29 +0100 (MET)
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In-Reply-To: <199503011746.JAA10282@netcom14.netcom.com> from "Amancio Hasty Jr" at Mar 1, 95 09:46:14 am
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> 
> Hi,

	Hi,

> Is this the FreeBSD patch that you mentioned:
> 
> *** i386/boot/biosboot/boot.c   Fri Jan  6 11:24:01 1995
> --- i386/boot/biosboot/boot.c.new       Fri Jan  6 11:23:40 1995
> ***************
> *** 139,145 ****
>         /*if(poff==0)
>                 poff = 32;*/
>   
> !       startaddr = (int)head.a_entry & 0x00FFFFFF; /* some MEG boundary */
>         addr =  startaddr;
>         printf("Booting %s(%d,%c)%s @ 0x%x\n"
>                         , devs[maj]
> --- 139,145 ----
>         /*if(poff==0)
>                 poff = 32;*/
>   
> !       startaddr = (int)head.a_entry & 0x00F00000; /* some MEG boundary */
>         addr =  startaddr;
>         printf("Booting %s(%d,%c)%s @ 0x%x\n"
>                         , devs[maj]
> ----

	This is not this one :-)  My patch changes a few things in the
assembler, not in the boot blocks.

> I managed to compile mach4 however Mach.all bombs out at boot time
> and I suspect is because I did not apply the above patch.

	Mach.all bombs out because it is linked as a QMAGIC binary.  It seems
that the current boot blocks are not able to boot a QMAGIC kernel.  I have not
looked into it: I have simply modified the mkbootimage script in Mach4 to make
it generate a ZMAGIC binary (simply add -Z to the call to ld).  BTW, I noticed
that everything under FreeBSD is linked as a QMAGIC binary except the kernel
so I suspect that the boot blocks bug is already known.

> It will be nice if you can mail your notes.

	Ok, I have to update them (I will work on it this evening) and I'll
send them to this list tomorrow.

> 
> 	Tnks,
> 	Amancio
> 

		Remy