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Subject: Re: kern/157819: [geom] gpart(8): drop serial from MBR
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2011/6/16 Andrey V. Elsukov <ae@freebsd.org>:
> On 15.06.2011 20:20, Eir Nym wrote:
>> =C2=A0> The fundamental question we need to answer is this:
>> =C2=A0> Is the serial number a well-defined field in the MBR that is
>> =C2=A0> independent and unrelated to the bootcode, or not?
>>
>> =C2=A0Yes, this field is defined in several documentation sources.
>> =C2=A0It has 6 bytes and used Windows OS as disk identifier in registry =
to
>> =C2=A0specify mount point.
>
> As i found this field is 4 bytes only. Next 2 bytes are used by our
> boot0 boot manager to keep ticks count. Can you test attached patch,
> does it fix your problem?
>

Yes, these patches are work for me.

-- Eir Nym

> --
> WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov
>