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