Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 17:29:39 -0600 (CST) From: Peter da Silva <peter@bonkers.taronga.com> To: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) Cc: mmead@goof.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: writing bootcode; need a method Message-ID: <199501232329.RAA12428@bonkers.taronga.com> In-Reply-To: <9501231851.AA08997@cs.weber.edu> from "Terry Lambert" at Jan 23, 95 11:51:41 am
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> Examining a BSD partition: > > ,---.---.----------------.----------------. > | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 ... | > `---'---'----------------'----------------' > > 1) BSD second stage boot. > 2) BSD disklabel. > 3) BSD slice 'a'. > 4) BSD subsequent slices. Um, it's more like this: > ,------------------------.----------------. > | 3 | 4 ... | > |---.---. | | > | 1 | 2 | | | > `---'---'----------------'----------------' It's very important to understand that slice A contains the second stage boot and disklabel. I know you know that, Terry, but it's not intuitively obvious. In our OSF system administration class the instructor insisted that these were *outside* the slice and that there were special interfaces to get them. You need to watch out for the infamous "swap on a" problem.
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