Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 14:59:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Gemini Domino <computerdeity@geocities.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot loader problem workaround Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007151458150.82740-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <001f01bfee7b$1336a680$7171fea9@castor>
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On Sat, 15 Jul 2000, Gemini Domino wrote: > There's been a problem reported by several people on multi-HD multiboot > systems about the bootloader clearing active flags and making it impossible > to reboot without using a boot disk to use FDISK to reset the active flag. > This was solved by turning on the "noupdate" option with boot0cfg, but I had > another idea I thought you hackers could help me with. Since I rather liked > the default partition being set to the last one used (this is what caused > the problem) it occured to me to use FreeBSDs fdisk to reset the active flag > on ad0 (maybe in rc). What I cant find is whether or not there is a > non-interactive way of doing so. I looked into using a configfile, but that > nukes the partition tables. Anyone wanna play with this or have any input? It would be nice if a command like fdisk -a -1 ad0 would just set it instead of asking. Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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