Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 23:07:54 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> To: brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (Brian W. Buchanan) Cc: mike@smith.net.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: USERCONFIG_BOOT, heads up! Message-ID: <199811052107.XAA13236@ceia.nordier.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9811051137380.311-100000@smarter.than.nu> from "Brian W. Buchanan" at "Nov 5, 98 11:38:58 am"
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Brian W. Buchanan wrote: > On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > > disklabel -B -b /boot/boot1 -s /boot/boot2 wd0s1 > > Ack. I did exactly that, then rebooted. At the point where the boot > prompt would, normally appear, the system simply rebooted itself. I had > to dig up an install floppy and restore the old bootloader. Your BIOS may have a problem doing enhanced rather than conventional disk access: a fair number seem to. Microsoft apparently runs a series of tests before enabling enhanced access, and we will probably be forced to do something similar. I've just committed a change disabling enhanced access by default, and this may make a difference. -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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