From owner-freebsd-current Thu Nov 5 13:10:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA02331 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 13:10:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ceia.nordier.com (m2-3-dbn.dial-up.net [196.34.155.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA02308 for ; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 13:10:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rnordier@nordier.com) Received: (from rnordier@localhost) by ceia.nordier.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id XAA13236; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 23:07:57 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier Message-Id: <199811052107.XAA13236@ceia.nordier.com> Subject: Re: USERCONFIG_BOOT, heads up! In-Reply-To: from "Brian W. Buchanan" at "Nov 5, 98 11:38:58 am" To: brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (Brian W. Buchanan) Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 23:07:54 +0200 (SAT) Cc: mike@smith.net.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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