Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 22:03:46 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> To: ulf@Alameda.net Cc: rnordier@nordier.com, jkh@time.cdrom.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: To everyone who's been having trouble with the new "booteasy" Message-ID: <199810192003.WAA00985@ceia.nordier.com> In-Reply-To: <19981019021311.A12173@Alameda.net> from Ulf Zimmermann at "Oct 19, 98 02:13:11 am"
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Ulf Zimmermann wrote: > > > > 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. Glad to have the feedback, thanks. I've committed some changes to boot0 based on the data received, though there is probably no particular reason to use it rather than booteasy for the moment. -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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