Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2001 11:03:35 +0100 From: "Andy" <andy@tecc.co.uk> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: What happened to prompt? Message-ID: <NDBBKOKIGKLFGGPFHCGBKEPEDDAA.andy@tecc.co.uk>
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Hi all I just had the infamous "BTX halted" error. So, disabling the onboard pci scsi controller allows it to boot. On reading the archives it basically appeared to me that running my ide boot disk in 'dangerously dedicated' mode was not such a hot idea (as that's the way I set it up at install time). So, seeing that I always allow my setup to enable me to reinstall the os at any time I decided to go to "non" dd mode. Here's my question then. On the 4.3-RELEASE fdisk when I select option "A" (use entire disk) it no longer prompts me whether I want dd mode anymore. Going back to the 4.2-RELEASE cdrom does however? What happened to the 'dd' mode prompt in fdisk at 4.3-RELEASE ?? It's still doc'ed that way. Regards Andy ps, for what it's worth I got the "BTX halted" error after I built a new kernel. The previous kernel worked fine, the only additional line I added for the new kernel was "pseudo-device vn". That kernel (and the previous one) were both built to a cvs snapshot of -stable (22June). Sys info: dual PIII 550MHz, 1/2Gram, two ide - 13G and 8G, 3x 8G scsi drives (no longer available until I can get past the BTX halted error. I'm not looking to raise the issue of the BTX error here as there is plenty already in the archives so please don't reply re that error, it's just in the email for additional info only. The Q above is my puzzle, where'd the 'dd' prompt go (which is still documented in the handbook). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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