Subject: bootblocks
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Wolfgang Rupprecht <wolfgang@wsrcc.com>
List: current-users
Date: 04/06/1999 12:24:09
What is the recommended way to add bootblocks to an existing disk.
I cloned a 6-gig disk via dd of the rwd0d partition, and moved it over
to the victim machine. This morning's boot{1,2}.fs can correctly see
the cloned netbsd partitions, but os-bs can't boot it. I figured I
could run the install disk, cd to /usr/mdec and do an "./installboot
-v biosboot.sym /dev/rwd0a". Well, this didn't do the trick. What
*should* I be doing to install the bootstrap code?
NB: the disk I cloned had a heads=240 (instead of heads=255). I don't
know if that complicates matters.
******* Working on device /dev/rwd0d *******
Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1
parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are:
cylinders=13424 heads=15 sectors/track=63 (945 sectors/cylinder)
parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are:
cylinders=839 heads=240 sectors/track=63 (15120 sectors/cylinder)
Information from DOS bootblock is:
0: sysid 11 (Primary DOS with 32 bit FAT)
start 63, size 6199137 (3026 MB), flag 0x0
beg: cylinder 0, head 1, sector 1
end: cylinder 409, head 239, sector 63
1: sysid 169 (NetBSD)
start 6199200, size 6199200 (3026 MB), flag 0x80
beg: cylinder 410, head 0, sector 1
end: cylinder 819, head 239, sector 63
2: <UNUSED>
3: sysid 160 (IBM Thinkpad hibernation)
start 12398400, size 272160 (132 MB), flag 0x0
beg: cylinder 820, head 0, sector 1
end: cylinder 837, head 239, sector 63
-wolfgang
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