Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 10:02:43 +0100 From: Dominic Marks <dom@goodforbusiness.co.uk> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: CyberSans AirBort <cybersans@gmail.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bug on BTX Message-ID: <451A3E33.8010805@goodforbusiness.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200609261305.12224.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <15af975d0609212321r29fdd287p462ae0f2b7e404b4@mail.gmail.com> <15af975d0609220725s1206d7ebr53589adbc1b9c17@mail.gmail.com> <4513F5B0.9030300@goodforbusiness.co.uk> <200609261305.12224.jhb@freebsd.org>
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John Baldwin wrote: > > Hmm, are you willing to test a change that should fix that? If so, try > http://people.freebsd.org/~jhb/patches/btx_crx.patch You'll need to do > a 'make clean && make && make install' in /sys/boot after applying, and if > the make install suceeeds, do a 'bsdlabel -B ad0s1' (replace ad0s1 with the > actual slice you boot from). I think it should work (I think it was tested a > while ago, but boot2 used to not fit, now it does though). Be warned though > that if it doesn't work, you won't be able to boot from your disk. If that > happens and you have a 6.x disc 1 lying around, you can boot into rescue mode > and re-run 'bsdlabel' and move boot/loader.old to boot/loader on the root > partition to get your system back. Ideally you'd try this on a system with > data you don't care about (i.e., it's ok to just do a reinstall if it is > hosed). > Hi John. I tested the patch on my -CURRENT box, both with the BIOS DMA enabled and disabled and I can confirm it works successfully. Test system is was a Compaq EVO D510 CMT desktop. Thanks John, -- Dominic
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