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Date:      Tue, 6 Jul 2004 16:04:37 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        Brad Waite <freebsd@wcubed.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 4.10-STABLE boot issues
Message-ID:  <20040706160346.O24627@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <40EA1066.8030709@wcubed.net>
References:  <2398.24.9.172.8.1087316143.squirrel@webmail.wcubed.net>      <2045.24.9.172.8.1087445008.squirrel@webmail.wcubed.net> <40EA1066.8030709@wcubed.net>

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On Mon, 5 Jul 2004, Brad Waite wrote:

> > It obviously works for the rest of the world, and it doesn't look like a
> > BIOS access problem since it can read the file fine if its on /.
>
> Well /boot is *not* on /dev/da0s1a.  It's on /dev/amrd0s1a, but boot2
> doesn't know how to get at the amr device.  At least not as far as I've
> tested.  I'm leery of messing around in
> /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/boot2/boot2.c, but if someone wants to give me
> some pointers, I'll try it.

This is new information ... the BIOS Int13 calls for the AMR may be doing
something evil.  Is there updated firmware for that device available?

-- 
Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@gumbysoft.com          |  www.FreeBSD.org



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