Re: install/48662: unable to boot i386 install-image built with HAVE_GCC=48

[David Laight <david%l8s.co.uk@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-i386/48662; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Laight <david%l8s.co.uk@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: install/48662: unable to boot i386 install-image built with 
HAVE_GCC=48
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 19:17:21 +0000

 On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 06:20:01PM +0000, Christos Zoulas wrote:
 >  
 >  I can verify that /boot is broken. I just bricked my machine :-)
 
 I tend to keep a separately bootable mbr partition and use the
 mbr boot select code to select between them.
 
 Then it doesn't get bricked...
 
 Although I think the linux install put grub in the mbr - without
 asking me - so I can't actually do that.
 
        David
 
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