From owner-freebsd-stable Sun May 13 9:23: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from segfault.kiev.ua (segfault.kiev.ua [193.193.193.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F5FF37B424 for ; Sun, 13 May 2001 09:22:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from netch@iv.nn.kiev.ua) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by segfault.kiev.ua (8) with UUCP id TIT30050; Sun, 13 May 2001 19:22:47 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from netch@iv.nn.kiev.ua) Received: (from netch@localhost) by iv.nn.kiev.ua (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f4DFDSt00762; Sun, 13 May 2001 18:13:28 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from netch) Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 18:13:28 +0300 From: Valentin Nechayev To: Gerhard Sittig Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE Install problems, BOOT FAILURE after freshinstallation Message-ID: <20010513181328.A491@iv.nn.kiev.ua> References: <3AFDAA55.90BA01A1@home.com> <20010513100532.K253@speedy.gsinet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20010513100532.K253@speedy.gsinet>; from Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net on Sun, May 13, 2001 at 10:05:32AM +0200 X-42: On Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Sun, May 13, 2001 at 10:05:32, Gerhard.Sittig (Gerhard Sittig) wrote about "Re: FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE Install problems, BOOT FAILURE after freshinstallation": > Do *not* copy all the 512 bytes from one MBR to another, since > this way you will transfer boot code _plus_ the partition table. > And I assume you don't want this to happen unless you want an > identical layout for both disks. (Yes, I've been bitten by this > mistake myself, that's why I know of the problems arising > afterwards. :) > There's two bytes of bootsect signature (0x55AA or 0xAA55) and > four times 16 bytes for the partition entries. So you want to > transfer 446 bytes only. /usr/sbin/boot0cfg deals with MBR correctly. /netch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message