> 
> Unsatisfied with my previous conclusion, I looked at this again, and came
> up with the following patch.
> 
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /b/source/CVS/src/sys/arch/i386/boot/sys.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.10
> diff -c -2 -r1.10 sys.c
> *** 1.10	1994/07/21 19:05:31
> --- sys.c	1994/07/21 20:24:41
> ***************
> *** 205,208 ****
> --- 205,217 ----
>   	devread();
>   
> + 	/*
> + 	 * Deal with old file system format.  This is borrowed from
> + 	 * ffs_oldfscompat() in ufs/ffs/ffs_vfsops.c.
> + 	 */
> + 	if (fs->fs_inodefmt < FS_44INODEFMT) {			/* XXX */
> + 		fs->fs_qbmask = ~fs->fs_bmask;			/* XXX */
> + 		fs->fs_qfmask = ~fs->fs_fmask;			/* XXX */
> + 	}							/* XXX */
> + 
>   	/***********************************************\
>   	* Find the actual FILE on the mounted device	*
> 

I gave this a try last night on a floppy to try and boot from my sd0a
partition that is not yet converted. It didn't boot the kernel; I got alot of
these errors:

Error:
	C:806871
	H:43
	S:14




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