Subject: Compaq diagnostic partition Vs Bootselector
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Andy Ball <ball@cyberspace.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 01/12/2002 01:48:18
Hello!

I've been struggling this evening to make the bootselector
work on a Compaq (ProLinea?) 4/33s which has a diagnostic
partition on the first 8 cylinders (~4Mb) of its ATA fixed
disk. I can make it boot the diagnostic partition by hitting
F2, hitting F1 just displays "3" and hangs, fdisk -B won't
let me configure any other boot options.  I'd welcome any
ideas that people might have. I'm thinking of telling NetBSD
to use the whole disk, but then I may effectively loose my
CMOS setup option.

- Andy Ball.