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Date:      Sun, 7 Apr 1996 10:05:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
To:        bde@freefall.freebsd.org (Bruce Evans)
Cc:        CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-sys@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit:  src/sys/i386/boot/biosboot Makefile README.386BSD README.serial boot.c sys.c table.c
Message-ID:  <199604071705.KAA11707@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
In-Reply-To: <199604071428.HAA14024@freefall.freebsd.org> from Bruce Evans at "Apr 7, 96 07:28:12 am"

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> bde         96/04/07 07:28:10
> 
>   Modified:    sys/i386/boot/biosboot  Makefile README.386BSD README.serial
>                         boot.c sys.c table.c
>   Log:
>   Allow specifying the BIOS drive number.  Removed the hd drive type.
>   hd essentially wired the FreeBSD drive number to 0 without changing
>   the BIOS drive number.  Now the numbers can be specified independently.
>   
>   Replaced the BOOT_HD compile time flag with with BOOT_HD_BIAS.  Defining
>   the new flag as 1 should give the same behaviour as defining the old
>   flag as anything.  I haven't tested defining these flags.

Please update boot(8) to reflect the new reality...


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Rod Grimes                                      rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com
Accurate Automation Company                 Reliable computers for FreeBSD



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