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



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

From: christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, 
netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, 
        kuehro%gmx.de@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: install/48662: unable to boot i386 install-image built with 
HAVE_GCC=48
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 17:46:59 -0400

 On Mar 16,  6:55pm, david%l8s.co.uk@localhost (David Laight) wrote:
 -- Subject: Re: install/48662: unable to boot i386 install-image built with H
 
 |  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.
 
 I unbricked it with PXE boot. More news: pxeboot_ia32.bin is broken too :-)
 
 christos
 


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