Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 16:13:43 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> To: jose@we.lc.ehu.es (José Mª Alcaide) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to install the new boot manager? Message-ID: <199812091413.QAA01418@ceia.nordier.com> In-Reply-To: <366E4538.67B487F4@we.lc.ehu.es> from =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9_M=AA_Alcaide?= at "Dec 9, 98 10:39:04 am"
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José Mª Alcaide wrote: > Robert Nordier wrote: > > > > You can also use the simple utility at > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/~rnordier/boot0inst-1.0.2.tar.gz > > > > Thanks! It works. And now also I know how to use disklabel(8) for > the same thing (thanks to John Saunders). I wasn't aware you could trick disklabel into doing that. The disklabel command is really meant to honor slices (PC partitions) transparently, and *shouldn't* write outside a slice. > > One little question: why isn't your bootinst utility integrated > in 3.0-CURRENT? I guess it could be. A DOS version would also be handy for folks who use Windows, which tends to overwrite the boot manager without asking. Ideally, one should be able to compile both FreeBSD and DOS versions from the same code (using Bruce's C compiler in ports, for instance). But so many more exciting things (like rearranging one's sock drawer, or cleaning out the washing machine lint filter) keep coming up, where DOS is involved. :-) -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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