port-i386: Boot block behavior change 1.1 -> 1.2 ?

Subject: Boot block behavior change 1.1 -> 1.2 ?
To: None <port-i386@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Eric S. Hvozda <hvozda@netcom.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/02/1997 19:40:54

Recently, after installing NetBSD 1.2, I discovered that
it seems that it is no longer possible to boot
from an alternate disk partition unless it is the
'a' partition.  In the past, I was able to boot from any
partition of my choosing.  I last had used this feature
under 1.1.

It makes no difference if the boot device in question
is a SCSI or IDE device.

Am I the only one seeing this behavior?