Subject: Re: Please test BIOS device matching code (i386)
To: Frank van der Linden <frank@wins.uva.nl>
From: Bill Studenmund <skippy@macro.Stanford.EDU>
List: current-users
Date: 03/10/1999 10:33:35
On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Frank van der Linden wrote:
> I have added some code that attempts to match BIOS disks with NetBSD
> ones. This is not possible in all cases, but at least having
> all the information about the BIOS' notion of disks available
> is a big win during the installation.
>
> I would love to hear from people how this code works for them. What
> you need to do to test:
>
> * if you run -current:
> * Update your sources after the next update
> of the SUP/ftp servers.
> * Build the new bootblocks and install them
> (back up the old ones to be safe). To do
Do you have suggestions on how to save the old boot blocks?
Thanks!
Bill