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Date:      Tue, 10 Mar 1998 10:22:10 +0100
From:      Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: *HEADS UP* Correction to previous postings.
Message-ID:  <19980310102210.18093@follo.net>
In-Reply-To: <199803100849.AAA18205@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Tue, Mar 10, 1998 at 12:49:02AM -0800
References:  <9803100827.AA26647@watermarkgroup.com> <199803100849.AAA18205@dingo.cdrom.com>

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On Tue, Mar 10, 1998 at 12:49:02AM -0800, Mike Smith wrote:
> > I managed to modify boot2 so I was able to boot with -r1.87 autoconf.c
> > from my dedicated disk (historical invalid). My solution was to leave slice
> > to be WHOLE_DISK_SLICE for a BSD partition starts at sector 0 (this would
> > bloat boot2 by two bytes: a je rel8).
> 
> I'd love to do this, but it means a mandatory bootblock upgrade.  

Would the new bootblocks work with the previous kernels?  (Otherwise,
it sounds really terrifying.)

Eivind.

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