Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:24:46 +0400 From: Eir Nym <eirnym@gmail.com> To: "Andrey V. Elsukov" <ae@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/157819: [geom] gpart(8): drop serial from MBR Message-ID: <BANLkTi=KV1JyBBeCOoHmbP2uy=Pyrxq1Ug@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4DFA376B.1050502@FreeBSD.org> References: <201106151620.p5FGK30l019900@freefall.freebsd.org> <4DFA376B.1050502@FreeBSD.org>
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2011/6/16 Andrey V. Elsukov <ae@freebsd.org>: > On 15.06.2011 20:20, Eir Nym wrote: >> =C2=A0> The fundamental question we need to answer is this: >> =C2=A0> Is the serial number a well-defined field in the MBR that is >> =C2=A0> independent and unrelated to the bootcode, or not? >> >> =C2=A0Yes, this field is defined in several documentation sources. >> =C2=A0It has 6 bytes and used Windows OS as disk identifier in registry = to >> =C2=A0specify mount point. > > As i found this field is 4 bytes only. Next 2 bytes are used by our > boot0 boot manager to keep ticks count. Can you test attached patch, > does it fix your problem? > Yes, these patches are work for me. -- Eir Nym > -- > WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov >
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