Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 11:52:59 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Please test boot patch Message-ID: <XFMail.010813115259.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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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 - reboot - If for some reason this doesn't work (it should work fine), then you will want to boot off of a floppy or CD, then do 'disklabel -B ad0' as root to restore the old boot blocks. -- 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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