Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 12:06:57 +0100 From: "Jose M. Alcaide" <jose@we.lc.ehu.es> To: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The trouble with boot0 Message-ID: <3A2B7AD1.4F84B006@we.lc.ehu.es> References: <200012011457.eB1EvDQ00734@nordier.com>
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Robert Nordier wrote: > > Can you try the -current version of boot0? You can pick up both > source and binary files at > > http://www.freebsd.org/~rnordier/download/boot0-latest.tar.gz > It works, indeed. The conclusion is clear: CHS mode does not work because of a geometry problem (there is not a formatted DOS partition on the HD). Packet mode does work, however. I was shot by 4.2-RELEASE's boot0 -- and by the *damn* geometry problem of IDE disks, of course. BTW, I found another problem with -CURRENT's boot0: the "noupdate" option does not work as expected. If "noupdate" is set, then boot0 *only* boots the slice marked as active in the partition table, regardless of the F? choice or even the default F? (which is correctly shown). Perhaps I am abusing of your patience, but I have another question ;-) The BIOS setup of the problem machine offers four choices for the HD mode: AUTO, NORMAL, LBA and LARGE. The NORMAL and LBA modes work with the packet mode of boot0; however, LARGE does not work, and this is the mode selected by the BIOS if I put the HD in AUTO mode. I am simply asking for an explanation of this behavior, or a pointer to any document about this subject. Could you help me? Thanks a lot, -- JMA ****** Jose M. Alcaide // jose@we.lc.ehu.es // jmas@FreeBSD.org ****** ** "Beware of Programmers who carry screwdrivers" -- Leonard Brandwein ** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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