From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Sep 23 13:01:54 1996 Return-Path: owner-bugs Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA22547 for bugs-outgoing; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 13:01:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.tfs.com ([140.145.230.177]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA22518; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 13:01:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.tfs.com (localhost.tfs.com [127.0.0.1]) by critter.tfs.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA04470; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 22:01:23 +0200 (MET DST) To: Bill Fenner cc: "Chris Csanady" , freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Very disturbing boot block problems.. In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 23 Sep 1996 12:48:10 PDT." <96Sep23.124822pdt.177476@crevenia.parc.xerox.com> Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 22:01:23 +0200 Message-ID: <4468.843508883@critter.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-bugs@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message <96Sep23.124822pdt.177476@crevenia.parc.xerox.com>, Bill Fenner writ es: >In message <4314.843506596@critter.tfs.com> you write: >>makes more sense now ? > >I know that the BIOS can't read tracks past 1023. The question is, >when your whole disk is 1023 cylinders, and your a partition is >in cylinders 0-34, why would the boot blocks print this message? >(See http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/search.cgi?words=1023+%28BIOS+limit%29&source= >freebsd-questions&source=freebsd-bugs&source=freebsd-hackers&source=freebsd-ha >rdware&max=25&docnum=4) > >I'm planning to update fsdb to be able to print out all the data >blocks that a file is in, which will presumably help diagnose why the >bootblocks will fail to boot a particular file. Have you tried booting a fixit and fsck'in the fs ? -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.