Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 12:58:38 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Mark Peek <mark@whistle.com> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.org, (Nate Williams) <nate@yogotech.com> Subject: Re: Please test boot patch Message-ID: <XFMail.010813125838.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <p05100302b79ddb8c8d39@[207.76.207.129]>
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On 13-Aug-01 Mark Peek wrote: > At 1:23 PM -0600 8/13/01, Nate Williams wrote: >> > Please test the patch at >>http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/patches/ibm_boot.patch to >>> ensure that it works on 4.x-stable as I would like to get it in >>>4.4 if possible. >>> It is needed in order for many IBM machines to successfully boot >>>off of CD's to >>> install. The patch is relative to /sys/boot. To test, do the following: >>> >>> > fetch http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/patches/ibm_boot.patch >>> > cd /sys/boot ; patch < ../path/to/ibm_boot.patch >>> > make all >>> > cd i386/boot2 >> > > disklabel -B -b ./boot2 -s ./boot2 ad0 # or whatever >>drive you boot > > Shouldn't this be boot1 ^ > > disklabel -B -b ./boot1 -s ./boot2 ad0 Aww dang it, yes. Typo. :( -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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