Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 08:23:09 -0500 (EST) From: Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter@shell.monmouth.com> To: FreeBSD-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD-hackers) Subject: Boot manager Message-ID: <199511281323.IAA24814@shell.monmouth.com>
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> > Jordan K. Hubbard stands accused of saying: > > > > > 1. I boot my 2.0.5R system and OS/2 from the OS/2 Bootmanager. I installed > > > 210R to sd2 and told sysinstall not to touch the bootblock. > > > Afterwards the bootmanager was deactivated, and the system booted the > > > old 205R partition by default. Hmm. > > > > This seems to be a problem, but neither Poul-Henning and I can figure > > out why. I literally don't write to a disk that's not selected, > > yet people are telling me the boot blocks are getting touched for their > > first drive anyway. I can't figure it out. > > The OS/2 bootmangler lives in a partition all to itself; I would guess > you're changing the active partition to point to the FreeBSD partition > (or the user is in the installer) > The 2.05 install made the FreeBSD partition the active one here. A quick boot of a dos floppy restored the normal functionality. The OS/2 Bootmanager was not harmed. I've used the OS/2 bootmanager along with OS-BS (both release and beta) and found they both worked flawlessly with FreeBSD 2.0.5. Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Pechter/Carolyn Pechter | The postmaster always pings twice. Lakewood MicroSystems | 17 Meredith Drive, 908-389-3592 | Tinton Falls, NJ 07724 pechter@shell.monmouth.com |
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