From owner-freebsd-current Mon Oct 19 14:05:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA19451 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 19 Oct 1998 14:05:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Gatekeeper.Alameda.net (gatekeeper.Alameda.net [207.90.181.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA19446 for ; Mon, 19 Oct 1998 14:05:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ulf@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net) Received: by Gatekeeper.Alameda.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id OAA14040; Mon, 19 Oct 1998 14:04:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <19981019140456.B4089@Alameda.net> Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 14:04:56 -0700 From: Ulf Zimmermann To: Robert Nordier Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: To everyone who's been having trouble with the new "booteasy" Reply-To: ulf@Alameda.net References: <19981019021311.A12173@Alameda.net> <199810192003.WAA00985@ceia.nordier.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199810192003.WAA00985@ceia.nordier.com>; from Robert Nordier on Mon, Oct 19, 1998 at 10:03:46PM +0200 Organization: Alameda Networks, Inc. X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.6-STABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Oct 19, 1998 at 10:03:46PM +0200, Robert Nordier wrote: > Ulf Zimmermann wrote: > > > > > > If anyone who has been having problems would take five minutes to > > > run a small diagnostics program > > > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/~rnordier/bootck-0.02.tar.gz > > > > > > (just dd the enclosed binary onto a floppy and reboot), I'd certainly > > > appreciate it. > > > > bootck 0.02 > > > > Hit digit for hard drive to check [0-9]: 0 > > Using BIOS drive 0x80 > > BIOS geometry (0x13/0x8): 527/255/63 > > BIOS int 0x13 extensions: version=0x1 support=0x1 > > BIOS geometry (0x13/0x48): flags=0x1 0/0/0 > > Reading MBR - > > 0:* 0/1/1 0xa5 526/254/63 63 8466192 > > 1: 0/0/0 0x0 0/0/0 0 0 > > 2: 0/0/0 0x0 0/0/0 0 0 > > 3: 0/0/0 0x0 0/0/0 0 0 > > Read test > > 8466192 Read test OK > > Hit return to reboot: > > > > This is on an Intel DK440LX motherboard with latest BIOS. The system has > > only the first IDE controller enabled, but the first SCSI disk is set > > to be the first BIOS drive via the BIOS settings. > > Glad to have the feedback, thanks. > > I've committed some changes to boot0 based on the data received, though > there is probably no particular reason to use it rather than booteasy > for the moment. The machine I am testing on is called Playtoy and that name stands for what it is. Gimme something to test and I will test. > > -- > Robert Nordier -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message