Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 02:00:05 -0800 (PST) From: "Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com> To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: alpha/23064: Alphas do not boot if `a' (/) partition isn't at a lower offset than `b' (swap) Message-ID: <200101241000.f0OA05j02120@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR alpha/23064; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com>
To: "'freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org'" <freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org>
Cc: "'wilko@FreeBSD.org'" <wilko@FreeBSD.org>,
"Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com>
Subject: Re: alpha/23064: Alphas do not boot if `a' (/) partition isn't at a
lower offset than `b' (swap)
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:56:56 +0100
Dear Wilko,
While I appreciate your janitorial :) efforts, I would like to ask you to
reopen this PR.
The reason for me to open the PR was that it may scare off the
Alpha-newbies.
Since this is an Alpha-specific problem, perhaps /stand/sysinstall should
have a warning if someone on an Alpha wants to shoot himself in the foot.
(Just a warning, because if people need their foot shot off they should be
able to do it). Something along the lines of: "Gee, looks like you're going
to create a non-booting disk layout, are you sure you want to do that?" (I'm
sure you can download an appropriate ASCII-art paperclip from microsoft.com)
This is a similar case as the >1024 cylinder install, which was a PC BIOS
issue. I believe /stand/sysinstall had a warning in place for that issue.
Kees Jan
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