From owner-freebsd-current Tue Mar 10 01:45:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA23038 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 01:45:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA23015 for ; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 01:45:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [194.198.43.36]) by ns1.yes.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA20627; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 09:22:11 GMT Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) id KAA08354; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 10:22:11 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <19980310102210.18093@follo.net> Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 10:22:10 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund To: Mike Smith Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: *HEADS UP* Correction to previous postings. References: <9803100827.AA26647@watermarkgroup.com> <199803100849.AAA18205@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <199803100849.AAA18205@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Tue, Mar 10, 1998 at 12:49:02AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Mar 10, 1998 at 12:49:02AM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > I managed to modify boot2 so I was able to boot with -r1.87 autoconf.c > > from my dedicated disk (historical invalid). My solution was to leave slice > > to be WHOLE_DISK_SLICE for a BSD partition starts at sector 0 (this would > > bloat boot2 by two bytes: a je rel8). > > I'd love to do this, but it means a mandatory bootblock upgrade. Would the new bootblocks work with the previous kernels? (Otherwise, it sounds really terrifying.) Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message