Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 02:13:11 -0700 From: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net> To: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: To everyone who's been having trouble with the new "booteasy" Message-ID: <19981019021311.A12173@Alameda.net> In-Reply-To: <199810190724.JAA01380@ceia.nordier.com>; from Robert Nordier on Mon, Oct 19, 1998 at 09:24:35AM %2B0200 References: <2317.908765344@time.cdrom.com> <199810190724.JAA01380@ceia.nordier.com>
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On Mon, Oct 19, 1998 at 09:24:35AM +0200, Robert Nordier wrote: > Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > First, an explanation: In 3.0, we're no longer using booteasy, we're > > using Robert Nordier's boot0 replacement which is hosted entirely > > under FreeBSD (a major win). However, some people have also reported > > big problems with this so, for the mean time, I've decided to go back > > to booteasy with sysinstall until we figure out what's going on. The > > 3.0 SNAPshots will still continue to use the boot0 code so those > > wishing to help Robert figure out what's going on can and should > > continue to install snaps from current.freebsd.org. The 3.0 release > > bits on ftp.freebsd.org (and the 3.0-RELEASE CDROMs) will continue to > > use the older booteasy bits for now; I've just re-rolled and copied > > over boot floppy bits which do so. > > The problem is that boot0 is attempting to make use of an "extended" > BIOS read function, if BIOS indicates that this is available. > > On some machines, this extended function either doesn't work as > expected, or is unduly sensitive to the geometry BIOS is using for > the drive. > > It would be trivial to fix boot0 to do only what booteasy does, but > that would really just avoid the issue. > > If anyone who has been having problems would take five minutes to > run a small diagnostics program > > http://www.freebsd.org/~rnordier/bootck-0.02.tar.gz > > (just dd the enclosed binary onto a floppy and reboot), I'd certainly > appreciate it. bootck 0.02 Hit digit for hard drive to check [0-9]: 0 Using BIOS drive 0x80 BIOS geometry (0x13/0x8): 527/255/63 BIOS int 0x13 extensions: version=0x1 support=0x1 BIOS geometry (0x13/0x48): flags=0x1 0/0/0 Reading MBR - 0:* 0/1/1 0xa5 526/254/63 63 8466192 1: 0/0/0 0x0 0/0/0 0 0 2: 0/0/0 0x0 0/0/0 0 0 3: 0/0/0 0x0 0/0/0 0 0 Read test 8466192 Read test OK Hit return to reboot: This is on an Intel DK440LX motherboard with latest BIOS. The system has only the first IDE controller enabled, but the first SCSI disk is set to be the first BIOS drive via the BIOS settings. > > -- > Robert Nordier > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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