Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 09:03:03 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Motomichi Matsuzaki <mzaki@e-mail.ne.jp> Cc: FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: Please test for 8G-OVER-Booting with /boot/loader Message-ID: <200003271403.JAA85743@server.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <86n1nkvcoq.wl@tkc.att.ne.jp>
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On 27-Mar-00 Motomichi Matsuzaki wrote: > > Hi. > > I made a patch for /sys/boot/i386/libi386/biosdisk.c (attached). > This aimed to enable /boot/loader to manage 8G-OVER-Disks. > > 0. you need 8G-OVER-ENABLED BIOS for your motherboard > (check whether your BIOS has Int 13 Extended Interface) > > 1. teach boot0 using extended BIOS (See boot0cfg(8)) > > # boot0cfg -o packet YOUR-BOOT-DEVICE > > 2. install boot2 which have extended BIOS support > > # cd /sys/boot/i386/boot2; make B1FLAGS=0x80 clean install > > 3. patch to libi386 and install new /boot/loader > > # cd /sys/boot/i386/libi386/; patch <THIS-MAIL; make > # cd /sys/boot/i386/loader; make install Looks good to me, but I need to test it to make sure. I will also look at seeing if I can squeeze the int 13 extension installation check into boot1 and boot0 so that they will use packet mode automatically as well. I'll try and test this out in a day or two. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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